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Creative Commons: Defining NonCommercial

By Lesley Ellen Harris

Creative Commons published a study on September 14, 2009, Defining ?Noncommercial?: A Study of How the Online Population Understands ?Noncomemrcial Use?. See http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial.

This Study was commissioned by Creative Commons in 2008-2009 from a professional market research firm to delve into the meaning of ?commercial? and ?noncommercial? use in relation to online content.

One quote from the Executive Summary: ?Perceptions of the many use cases studied suggest that with the exception of uses that earn users money or involve advertising ? at least until specific case scenarios are presented that disrupt those generalized views of commerciality ? there is more uncertainty than clarity around whether specific uses of online content are commercial or noncommercial.?

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).