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

[tim hall]

On Saturday 20 August 2005 01:11, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
> > IANAL either, but I would propose that if you posted a message to a
> > specific group (not the world) and indicate that they are allowed to
> > download a piece, you are in fact giving them the option to listen to
> > your piece for free. But, they don't own the piece. There is nothing
> > implied in the act of allowing them to listen to it that indicates they
> > can transfer the piece to someone else. Because, they don't have the
> > right  -- only the copyright owner does.
>
> just want to make clear - i'm not talking about giving up
> ownership/authorship/licensing fees ... i'm talking about sharing music,
> as in "am i allowed to keep this in my shares folder when using
> soulseek/amule/etc? am i allowed to aggregate/distribute it along the
> lines of RadIO or Commontunes.org?".

No, not if it's not licensed. This is why CC and the like is so important.

> this is a pretty important question, i think, and not entirely black and
> white .... you have to remember that a lot of these copyright laws are,
> like, in a different dimension to what reality consitutes these days.

Now, if you're going to start asking complicated questions about the nature of 
reality I'm out of here. ;) Copyright is pretty straightforward by 
comparison.
-- 
cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim