[linux-audio-user] Specifying the license when posting music?

[Shayne O'Connor]

tim hall wrote:
> On Sunday 07 August 2005 10:02, David Collins wrote:
> 
>>P.S. Maybe there's a specific policy already that I'm
>>not aware of?
> 
> 
> Until we make a decision not to accept non-CC submissions to the list you 
> should assume that a piece is copyright the author and all rights reserved 
> unless explicitly licensed otherwise.

that is *always* assumed, whether a piece has been licensed or not. 
copyright isn't really the issue here, is it? isn't it licensing ... ie 
- how we are allowed to *use* the music, not who is creator or 
intellectual "property" owner?

i don't think by posting music to this list that anyone is giving up 
their copyright, but they *are* sort of saying "here is a public link to 
some music i made, anyone can download it and distribute it". we are 
basically, through a sort of informal contract, issuing stuff under a 
Creative Commons license every time we post our music here - if we 
*weren't*, then we'd potentially be exposing everyone on the list to 
breaking the law.

shayne