7 I want to keep my content accessible through CC licen- sing. Is the NC module the only option to prevent the appropriation of my con- tent through commercial enterprises? No. There are other options, such as the Share Alike module. An equally effective yet often more efficient way to prevent content from being used with financi- al intentions is the Share Alike (SA) module. It allows the publication of adaptations only under the same or similar licenses. Companies or private actors who want to appro- priate creative content can usually achieve this goal relatively easily by editing the work and re- stricting the use of the edited version based on a separate new copyright it carries. The Share Alike module in the Creative Commons license set can prevent that. All appropriated versions, must be published under the same license as the original content. This means that under the restrictions set by CC, the new content remains as freely accessible as the original content. Furthermore, when the edit consists in enhancing own content with freed-up external CC-SA content, the CC-
6 Can a CC license with the NC module prevent my content from being used by radicals or extremists? No. Extremists want to change society, not make profit. Radicals and extremists follow a political agen- da. Their objectives are at the same time not necessarily commercial, not aimed at a business advantage or financial remuneration, but at po- litical and social changes. Radical political and religious extremists are often organised in non- economic associations. Hence, a NC licensing can in a way even privilege the usage of content by extremists. In other terms: A scientist who intends to pub- lish a study of political extremism with a publi- shing house will not be allowed to use the con- tent, if it is protected by the NC module against commercial use, because the publisher is acting with commercial interest. An extremist group, however, which formally acts as an association is well allowed to use the same content under the NC terms.
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