22 Dec
2006
22 Dec
'06
5:26 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:06:16PM -0500, Ivica Ico
Bukvic wrote:
Given that we need to respect authors' copyrights when distributing this in
today's society (especially since they are "giving away" their works), we
need to spell out the license terms clearly and leave nothing to chance.
Perhaps I am looking at this as an administrator, but even if authors'
licenses allow redistribution, this should be somehow stated on the cover as
to allow end-users to be made aware of this info (as it is right now they
don't even know which songs are freely distributable). Otherwise, if we do
not protect our members and/or our own identity, we will lose a number of
potential submissions down the road, needless to mention engage in potential
legal battles (which we cannot afford anyhow) to protect what is legally
ours.
In that respect I am fine with listing licenses under the titles. Although
we still need the copyright statement at the bottom for Thorsten's work as
well as for the Linuxaudio.org.
"(c) 2004-6. All works are copyright of their respective authors and are
distributed either by author's permission or according to their
respective
licenses which are available <state where>.
CD cover design copyright
Thorsten Wilms. 'Made in Linux' copyright Linuxaudio.org."
I think that would make us sound like copyright fanatics. If nothing
else is stated, it's a given copyright remains with each author,
linuxaudio.org has permission to distribute, noone else has.
Listing the various licneses with the tracks would make more sense
(requires a rather small font, though). I am not sure whether we should state on the
cover that the
music was entirely done in Linux, since the title of the series already
clearly implies this and ultimately such a comment may detract from the
artistic value.
We should not, title makes it clear. Finally, Thorsten, would you be willing to simply
readapt the front
cover to
fit the CD label (for those who may opt for doing
CD labels)?
I wonder how many that might be ... but I will look into it.