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Originally Posted by Moejoe
The problem as I see it is that the license does nothing at all. It's a polite plea with the user of the material not to do things that it should, and is their right to do with cultural objects.
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So is every license. There are some things one cannot legally do with copyrighted works (of course, many people do them anyway), the license allows some of these things to be done provided some conditions are met. Whether or not users comply with the license is an entirely different matter.
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It says you are free to share, which is a redundant statement. Of course you are free to share, that's how the web works, it doesn't work if you don't share, and the material isn't read if it's not shared.
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I don't agree. In this context "share" is not only lend your book to someone or tell what the story is about, but actually making copies and giving them away (or selling them). Copyright law typically forbids this, at least at a large scale. Besides, the CC licenses are not only for things in the web, they can also be applied to printed books, for instance.
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Then we follow with you may or may not remix this work, which again is a redundant statement. Why exactly wouldn't a creator want her work to be used to create other works?
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Ask J. K. Rowling
