Re: [linux-audio-user] [ot] Is DJ-ing commercial use of music tracks?

Indeed... if this discussion is too far off topic, I hope someone will say so. Speaking of royalties, I called BMI and ASCAP a few weeks ago hoping to figure out if a Creative Commons license is automatically incompatible with their models. They are supposedly looking into it but I haven't heard back. At first I thought that a CC-licensed song could not be included in BMI and ASCAP's libraries, but the more I think about it, the less sure I am about that. I think this too comes down to the question of what is "commercial use." First a bit of background. For those of you familiar with BMI, ASCAP, etc, please skip this paragraph. BMI and ASCAP attempt to manage royalties for all of their thousands of artist members worldwide. Radio stations, theaters, and basically any venue that plays music in a commercial setting pays a fee to BMI and/or ASCAP. BMI and ASCAP then divvy up the total booty among their artists, based on radio samples and various reports. Some people consider the companies to be defenders of artist, and some consider them to be money-grubbing corporations making bank off of others' creativity. Alongside their management of royalties, however, BMI and ASCAP also monitor the use of music. They fiercely prosecute when they catch someone stealing another person's song or using music without giving credit and/or royalties. While royalties are not of so much interest to me, I might be excited about BMI and ASCAP looking out for my music. Has anyone tried to register a song licensed under Creative Commons or similar "free-er" license with BMI and ASCAP? I've emailed a contact at Creative Commons but he didn't know the answer... Thank you in advance for any input. Kris Bergstrom -- H5n9d0+5