[Commons-Law] Defining 'non -commercial use'

[Paul Keller]

actually it was not Donestech who did this study, but Creative Commons  
(see: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17127). it seems that  
Donestech has re-published this blog post without attributing it to  
cc... /paul


On 15 Sep 2009, at 16:10, Patrice Riemens wrote:

> Donestech (A Catalan women technologists organisation) did a study  
> about
> how people understand the concept of 'non-commercial' in licenses,  
> esp CC.
>
> From the intro:
> Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population  
> Understands
> “Noncommercial Use”
>
> Almost one year ago we launched a study of how people understand
> “noncommercial use.” The study, generously supported by The Andrew W.
> Mellon Foundation, included in-depth interviews and two waves of in- 
> person
> and online focus groups and online questionnaires. The last included a
> random sample of U.S. (geographic restriction mandated by resource
> constraints) internet users and in an extended form, open  
> questionnaires
> promoted via this blog (called “CC Friends & Family” in the report).
>
> full at: http://tinyurl.com/ojaufd
>
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