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From my understanding, the phrase "All rights reserved" is essentially deprecated as a legal term. According to Wikipedia's article on the subject (and Google finds more references to back this up), the phrase is no longer of any use. Presumably, you could just set a node to have no licence 'attached', and it's the legal equivalent of the old meaning of "All rights reserved".
At most, I imagine you would require a copyright notice on the page somewhere, which seems like it would be a smart idea even with a Creative Commons licence, as, aside from public domain dedication, you do not lose copyright when you licence a work.
Creative Commons was setup to facilitate sharing of works, at different levels, while allowing the rightful owner to retain and enforce their rights over the works.
All Rights Reserved implies no sharing allowed, therefore, it does not fit into the Creative Commons remit.
To protect works to this level, just simply employ the phrase: All Rights Reserved, in association with the works.
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Comment #1
spiffyd commentedAnyone?
Comment #2
yoann commentedThe "All Rights Reserved" option is not included in the 6.x code.
Comment #3
spiffyd commentedIs there a reason for that?
Comment #4
Anonymous (not verified) commentedFrom my understanding, the phrase "All rights reserved" is essentially deprecated as a legal term. According to Wikipedia's article on the subject (and Google finds more references to back this up), the phrase is no longer of any use. Presumably, you could just set a node to have no licence 'attached', and it's the legal equivalent of the old meaning of "All rights reserved".
At most, I imagine you would require a copyright notice on the page somewhere, which seems like it would be a smart idea even with a Creative Commons licence, as, aside from public domain dedication, you do not lose copyright when you licence a work.
Comment #5
uksnowy commentedCreative Commons was setup to facilitate sharing of works, at different levels, while allowing the rightful owner to retain and enforce their rights over the works.
All Rights Reserved implies no sharing allowed, therefore, it does not fit into the Creative Commons remit.
To protect works to this level, just simply employ the phrase: All Rights Reserved, in association with the works.