[linux-audio-user] [ot] Is DJ-ing commercial use of music tracks?

[iriXx]

Frank Barknecht wrote:

>Hallo,
>
>I'm considering starting to DJ again, but this time not with vinyl as
>I used to, but with a Linux laptop playing netaudio. Now as
>more-and-more net labels start to use a Creative Commons license that
>prohibits commercial use as described here:
>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode I wonder,
>if playing tracks licensed as this in a club/pub where I will be payed
>(badly) for my DJ-ing is commercial use? I fear, it is, and that thus
>my netaudio DJ-ing is doomed unless I break the license hoping noone
>will see it.
>
>And a related question: If I would do a radio feature on net audio,
>which I would be payed for writing introductory texts and recording
>this speech, would this be commercial use, even if this would run on a
>public radio without any kind of advertising or money making on the
>station's side? 
>
>Of course I would follow other license requirements like attribution
>and such.
>
>ciao
>  
>
hi Frank,

as you're based in Germany it might be helpful for you to get in touch 
with Christiane Asschenfeldt, who is coordinating the international 
porting of Creative Commons - her details are on this page: 
http://creativecommons.org/projects/international/. i believe there is a 
German porting in discussion too, but it isnt yet mentioned on the page.

yes, public performance in a commercial setting (where you get paid) is 
commercial use. the net audio project sounds like more of a grey area. 
but take heart - not all of us Creative Commons advocates use the 
non-commercial license. i license my work with the CC equivalent of 
Libre licensing - the Attribution-Share-Alike license - which permits 
commercial copying. i dont know if my strange psychic soundscapes are 
quite what you're after though ;)...

hth,

best,

m~ / iriXx

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