[cc-community] ASCAP VS CREATIVE COMMONS

Pieter Roosens pieter at roosensdesign.com
Sat Dec 23 04:57:29 EST 2006


Op 23-dec-06, om 00:54 heeft Bjorn Wijers het volgende geschreven:

> I would greatly appreciate some input on this from other (EU)  
> countries
> as I'm currently writing an article about the Dutch situation and I
> would like to connect the Dutch situation with other (EU) countries.

Here in Belgium, it's about the same situation as in the Netherlands,  
or maybe worse.
I am currently trying to ignite a public discussion about this issue,  
in collaboration with an official artist organisation.
This seems to gonna take place in 2007. Hopefully.
I'll keep you guys posted here.

I regret though that some people are putting CC "against" copyright,  
while it should be complementary, in my opinion.

I also know of well known artists, who have used CC and then got  
trouble with their collection agency.
SABAM - the major Belgian agency, told me they can't administer  
different songs in a different way for the same artist.
And their contracts give them exclusive collection rights. Only  
exception would be the artist's music on his own website. hmm...  
Seems like a short way to paralysis.

Have a creative day,
Pieter


More information about the cc-community mailing list