[LAU] Linux Audio Monthly Round-Up #7 - February 2011

[Q]

Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> Hello Rafał,
> 
> Properly licensed: CC or any other licence that allows for 
> redistribution without prior consent.
> Easily available: direct links to music files or embedded players (like 
> SoundCloud, Jamendo or even YouTube). So no RapidShare, SendSpace or 
> similar services.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jeremy
> 

Why so restrictive, why not include full (C) Copyright All Rights 
Reserved stuff?

Putting it on another website, torrenting, emailing it, transferring it 
to other people's drives etc would be distributing without the copyright 
holder's permission (assuming it hasn't been explicity given).

If all you're doing is providing a link to something somewhere on the 
web, that's not distributing in contravention of the licence as far as I 
know and just linking to it seems to be fine in many countries.

I suppose ultimately, it's your wording I object to -- copyright 
includes a proper licence, just a more restrictive one than the Creative 
Commons copyright licences.

Linux, and Linux audio, users are a diverse group and not all of us 
subscribe to the "everything should be totally free for anyone to do 
anything they like with it" thinking and it can be a bit alienating to 
be treated as if it were a homogeneous group.

Also, you could end up overlooking a lot of good music by not using full 
copyrighted works. Wouldn't quality or interest (however you personally 
judge those) be better criteria for inclusion?

Q