Frank Barknecht wrote: >Hallo, > >I'm considering starting to DJ again, but this time not with vinyl as >I used to, but with a Linux laptop playing netaudio. Now as >more-and-more net labels start to use a Creative Commons license that >prohibits commercial use as described here: >http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode I wonder, >if playing tracks licensed as this in a club/pub where I will be payed >(badly) for my DJ-ing is commercial use? I fear, it is, and that thus >my netaudio DJ-ing is doomed unless I break the license hoping noone >will see it. > >And a related question: If I would do a radio feature on net audio, >which I would be payed for writing introductory texts and recording >this speech, would this be commercial use, even if this would run on a >public radio without any kind of advertising or money making on the >station's side? > >Of course I would follow other license requirements like attribution >and such. > >ciao > > hi Frank, as you're based in Germany it might be helpful for you to get in touch with Christiane Asschenfeldt, who is coordinating the international porting of Creative Commons - her details are on this page: http://creativecommons.org/projects/international/. i believe there is a German porting in discussion too, but it isnt yet mentioned on the page. yes, public performance in a commercial setting (where you get paid) is commercial use. the net audio project sounds like more of a grey area. but take heart - not all of us Creative Commons advocates use the non-commercial license. i license my work with the CC equivalent of Libre licensing - the Attribution-Share-Alike license - which permits commercial copying. i dont know if my strange psychic soundscapes are quite what you're after though ;)... hth, best, m~ / iriXx -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin |\ _,,,---,,_ ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ HTTP 503: Too Busy |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL .::. www.iriXx.org .::. www.copyleftmedia.org.uk .::.
