[CC-at] help defend a cc license??

Jamison Young jam at jamyoung.net
Thu Oct 16 12:43:36 EDT 2008


Hi CC Austria mailing list,
Today I got the mail bellow from AKM...

recently I signed a non-exclusive contract with ASCAP for the use of my
songs as a song got used in a film. I figured that it was best to collect
for the use of the song rather than give the proceeds to the publishers and
the larger artists.

If i had signed an exclusive contract with ASCAP, i would understand that i
could not issue a CC licenses, just as technically an AKM member can't put
their songs on myspace as a member of AKM.

I have done the right thing and understood my rights, changed my contract to
a non-exclusive one. Now it seem's i'm worse off.

Why want AKM let me do what i thought i could do. The ASCAP contract says
that my rights are non-exclusive. What business is the creative commons
license that i issue for the use of my songs with ASCAP. If what AKM state
here is true, its not possible to use any creative commons licenses as it
was intended and be a member of any rights organizations.

I would like to fight AKM on this. Its wrong, what AKM have done.

Jamison

http://www.jamyoung.net

"your "case" has been discussed thoroughly. Our position is that in
reference to the reciprocal representation agreement AKM has concluded with
ASCAP we have the right to license the right of public performance of your
musical works. No evidence is shown in the IPI-database that your membership
agreement with ASCAP excludes live-performances. Given the fact that the
membership agreement between ASCAP and its members is on a non-exclusive
basis you too have the right to license the right of public performance of
your musical works.



Our contracting partner is ASCAP. As long as we do not have a written
information from ASCAP that we shall no longer license live-performances or
public performances as a whole of your musical works we will proceed as
before. So, please contact your contracting partner ASCAP.
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