[linux-audio-user] Specifying the license when posting music?

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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

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