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Thoughts Creative Commons Licensing
Maybe this has been discussed sometime in the past, but I wonder what thoughts some of you may have on the creative commons licensing options. For myself, I have really mixed feelings about the options. It seems that any of the options relinquishes important rights that a composer might have to their own work, even when the option is selected voluntarily. Under what circumstances would you consider releasing a work under a CC license?
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Permalink Reply by Chris Alpiar on -
I think CC is a licensing system for people who want to make sure they will never make money from their works. Like Ray says, it can only be decided by the individual, but I for one will never ever release anything with the CC license if I can help it. Of course I make music to share, but its also my job, what I do all day every day, and somehow I need to pay my bills.
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Whiteside on -
I would agree with Chris. Composition is something I do for the joy of it but its also something I would quite like to survive off. The only time I might release something under CC would be to publicise myself in the same way as people give away free CDs of theirs. I doubt I would do it but thats the only setting that I could see myself doing it.
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Permalink Reply by Keith Perreur-Lloyd on -
I agree that releasing the manuscript for free access by anyone may not be preferred, but would you feel the same about a synthesised recording of your pieces......?
A 'good' recording would give access to an even wider audience than the score and might even support the 'promotion' of the piece (for sale or performance).
So I have put full recordings and a few pages of manuscript under CC on those sites that enable me to offer the score.
All my works - (20/30 minute concertos/symphonies) - are streamed from my website - so listening is free, but the 'real work' remains protected.
KPL
www.musicvenue21.com
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Permalink Reply by Chris Alpiar on
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Well why cant you just release it with copyright? It doesn't stop people from listening for free if you want to. But CC license lets people USE it in their works as derivative among other things that just doesn't help you and forces you to lose control over your product. I would suggest reading the fine points of what CC entails...
Keith Perreur-Lloyd said:I agree that releasing the manuscript for free access by anyone may not be preferred, but would you feel the same about a synthesised recording of your pieces......?
A 'good' recording would give access to an even wider audience than the score and might even support the 'promotion' of the piece (for sale or performance).
So I have put full recordings and a few pages of manuscript under CC on those sites that enable me to offer the score.
All my works - (20/30 minute concertos/symphonies) - are streamed from my website - so listening is free, but the 'real work' remains protected.
KPL
www.musicvenue21.com
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Permalink Reply by Keith Perreur-Lloyd on
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Thanks for the advice Chris.
Releasing a manuscript under that guise, would clearly be a different matter.....
Am I right to think that it would be difficult for anyone to USE the sound file for any purpose, especially if it is a synthesised recording?
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Permalink Reply by Chris Alpiar on
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its not the actual recording necessarily but the music itself. If you came up with a 16 bar theme and even if it was crappy general midi (i think thats what you mean when you say synthesized, since there is a ton of highly excellent studio quality synthesizer music released) but with CC I could take your theme, and use it in my composition as long as I attribute the original idea to you. If I make a million dollars from it I keep it all, nothing is due to you. Maybe you mean something different that I dont understand. But this is my idea of how CC works. Its like GNU software, any one can download the original source code and use it for any purpose as long as the original code is noted that you wrote it, but I could take say a GNU web browser code and build the AlpsBrowser and release it for $49 with a suite of other tools and I dont pay anything to the original writer.
While there is a value to certain open source code situations, mostly keeping the huge companies in check on various levels, there is no value to "open source" music IMO. I think you can only shoot yourself in the foot with it, even tho it has a mask that may make you feel like a loving, giving human being, sharing your ideas with the world. Thats all good and dandy but I make my living from making music or supporting people that are. This concept only hurts me and all professionals everywhere by bringing the perceived value of music and intellectual property to zero
Someone correct me if im wrong, but I think I hit the nail on the head here...
Keith Perreur-Lloyd said:Thanks for the advice Chris.
Releasing a manuscript under that guise, would clearly be a different matter.....
Am I right to think that it would be difficult for anyone to USE the sound file for any purpose, especially if it is a synthesised recording?
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