On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 02:37:32PM +0100, Nils Gey wrote: > But what does that mean for the music itself, the composition. If someone now plays one of my songs himself...? > Is this covered by the license? Are people allowed or is this a complete different matter? Hi Nils! I've listed to your music, and I like it! AFAIK, if someone uses one of your songs to make a cover or a derivative version, it is an "Adaptation" as defined by the CC license, they must give credit to you and the adaptation must be published also under CC-by-sa license. Public performance of an adapted work is permitted by the license. This is an excerpt of the full CC-by-sa: "Adaptation" means a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and other pre-existing works, such as a translation, adaptation, derivative work, arrangement of music or other alterations of a literary or artistic work, or phonogram or performance and includes cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be recast, transformed, or adapted including in any form recognizably derived from the original[...] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
