tim hall wrote: > On Sunday 07 August 2005 10:02, David Collins wrote: > >>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. 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? 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 and distribute it". we are basically, through a sort of informal contract, issuing stuff under a Creative Commons license every time we post our music here - if we *weren't*, then we'd potentially be exposing everyone on the list to breaking the law. shayne
