samedi 17 janvier 2015

Can a University put a Creative Commons document containing a NonCommercial element (NC) behind a wall?


Can a University force web visitors to connect with their University ID to access a document licensed under Creative Commons containing a NonCommercial element (NC)?


Enrolling into at University a student often costs money, and the ability to access the document could be viewed as a perk for employees (i.e. indirect compensation): as a result, I wonder whether putting the document behind the University wall is considered as a commercial use of the document.


For example, I see that Stanford University force web visitors to log in with their university account to access this CC BY-NC document:


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