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* A for-profit company uses a song as the hold music on its telephone system (and does not charge customers for using its phone service)
* A for-profit company uses a song as the hold music on its telephone system (and does not charge customers for using its phone service)


Are such uses commercial or non-commercial? Reasonable people could disagree; the only way to figure it out is a conversation between the copyright holder and the person who wants to reuse the work. But now, we're back at the beginning; the whole purpose of using a general public license was to avoid the need for one-on-one consultation. That purpose is undermined if the license necessitates direct consultation.
Are such uses commercial or non-commercial? Reasonable people could disagree; the only way to figure it out is a conversation between the copyright holder and the person who wants to reuse the work. But now, we're back at the beginning; the purpose of using a general public license to begin with, in avoiding the need for one-on-one consultation, is undermined.


== The role of Creative Commons ==
== The role of Creative Commons ==
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