A License or a Contract, Analyzing the Nature of Creative Commons Licenses

NIR, Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review, Forthcoming

32 Pages Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last revised: 15 May 2014

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Herkko A. Hietanen

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology

Abstract

Creative Commons has helped to build considerable pool of open content. Open content has license terms that grant licensees more rights than typical all rights reserved model. Creative Commons provides these licenses with tools that make licensing easy. Treating open content licenses as contracts under lex contractus or as non-contractual tools affects the interpretation of the license terms, enforceability of the licenses and the potential remedies that might exist if a licensee fails to comply with the terms of the license. This paper analyzes the nature of the Creative Commons licenses by examining them in detail.

Keywords: Creative Commons, Open Content, licensing, license, licensee, licensor, contract

Suggested Citation

Hietanen, Herkko A., A License or a Contract, Analyzing the Nature of Creative Commons Licenses. NIR, Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1029366

Herkko A. Hietanen (Contact Author)

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology ( email )

Helsinki 00180
Finland

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