[cc-community] Non Commercial guidelines

Greg London teloscorbin at gmail.com
Fri Jun 2 20:10:37 EDT 2006


On 6/2/06, Sincaglia, Nicolas <nsincaglia at musicnow.com> wrote:
> I am a big fan of CC: 365
> Basically, it is a site where a new song is posted (almost) everyday
> with a little blurb about the artist. The site has a ton of banner ads on it
> though. I was curious if anyone thought this was a violation of the
> noncommercial clause in the CC license or if this is acceptable.

I'd say it's a violation.
The site could work out some sort of agreement with the
artists that would allow them to post the music in exchange
for a cut of the advertising revenue or something.

But as you explain it, the site is making money by
posting CC-NC music and getting hits on its banner ads.

Magnatune lets you listen to CC-SA-NC works for free,
but they will also sell you downloads or physical CD's.
And they split the money with the artist, 50-50.
They'll also sell you licenses to use the music noncommercially
for various uses and they split that money with the artist too.

To me, that's the intent of CC-NC.


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