tim hall wrote: > On Friday 19 August 2005 18:55, Shayne O'Connor wrote: > >>well, if there are answers to your reservations, i guess they would lie >>in this section of the "Share Music" license (which at least *sounds* >>like a good idea, don't you think?): >> >>"# You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 >>above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward >>commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of >>the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or >>otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward >>commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is >>no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange >>of copyrighted works." >> >>that is really vague, and open to interpretation, and unless you can be >>more specific about the ways in which you think your music could be used >>by the forces of evil, then i think your concerns will have to go >>unanswered ... but the fact that the Beastie Boys have released music >>under a CC license should relieve you somewhat (cos i'm sure that out of >>any world-renowned band, they'd be so unlikely to expose any of their >>music to use by the forces of social/environmental/political evil) ;) > > > Thanks, I feel better now. That _does_ partly answer some of my reservations. > I thought we were probably talking the same language. ;) i'm sure we are - we're songwriters ;) shayne
