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Groklaw: Creative Commons License Upheld by Dutch Court

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 17, 2006

“Sander Marechal, who found and translated the News Picks story
about the court decision upholding the Creative Commons license in
the Netherlands, now sends us the news in English and in much
greater detail, from a blog entry ‘Dutch Court upholds Creative
Commons license,’ on the Creative Commons Canada website. I think
you’ll find it interesting because it includes a translation of a
chunk of the ruling, and since Creative Commons Canada provides the
information under the Creative Commons 2.5 Canada license, I can
provide it to you in full.

“The significant piece is this: the Creative Commons licenses
are quite new, so there has been very little in the way of case law
so far, so this is a significant development, as you will
see…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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