What is Non-Commercial Use?
In a new post in an Internet Archive forum, Brewster Kahle has posted his views on what is non-commercial use and asks for your feedback here. The post is new but Kahle’s essay is dated June, 2005.
From the post:
For cultural materials that, broadly defined, belong in a library, the Internet Archive offers free storage, and free bandwidth, forever, for free. As a result, there are now millions of works available through the Archive and most are available only for “non commercial use” and “with attribution.” Sometimes creators choose a Creative Commons license (creativecommons.org) to express this.
But what does “non-commercial use” mean? We are looking to understand people’s intent, which may be reflected in law in the future. If, collectively, we arrive at a good definition, then we hope many more people will make their works broadly available. This is a start of a definition that we could feel comfortable with. Please let us know what you think via the forum at http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=111590 .
See Also: Brewster Kahle to Discuss “Universal Access to Human Knowledge†During Webcast
See Also: The Internet Archive Needs Your Help in Capturing 2 Billion Web Pages
Source: The Internet Archive
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