19 Aug
2005
19 Aug
'05
9:32 a.m.
tim hall wrote:
On Thursday 18 August 2005 22:13, Shayne O'Connor
wrote:
well, i guess stuff like this:
http://opensrc.org/index.php?page=RadIO
has everyone on that list given explicit permission to be listed there?
doesn't this count as distribution? maybe it doesn't, but this is the
sort of thing i'm talking about. i don't know lots about copyright and
licensing, but a discussion of it is highly welcome. i mean, i highly
doubt anyone thinks RadIO is anything but useful to promoting their
music, but you never know ...
tim hall wrote:
Yes, the issue is licensing here.
On Sunday 07 August 2005 10:02, David Collins
wrote:
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? 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. 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
Yes.
and distribute it".
No. If I wanted my stuff distributed, I would license it appropriately.
we are
basically, through a sort of informal contract, issuing stuff under a
Creative Commons license every time we post our music here
That's an assumption on your part which I don't share. You have to consciously
accept a contract (i.e. sign it or =) in order for it to be binding under
British law (ANAL). I think you have to at least shake hands in order for it
even to be considered a 'gentleman's agreement'.
- if we
*weren't*, then we'd potentially be exposing everyone on the list to
breaking the law.
Really?!? I will be very careful about what I post on this list if that _is_
the case. It would be good to clarify this.