[cc-community] CC licenses for music: PA vs. SR?

Eric Steuer eric at creativecommons.org
Tue Aug 7 11:47:03 EDT 2007


Very cool news.

The sort of agreement you've outlined is very common and 100% sensible.

WKNC should have no problem using NC music.

Keep us posted!

Eric

==
Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
eric at creativecommons.org





On Aug 7, 2007, at 7:21 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:

>
> So here's the situation.  We've got a local radio station here in  
> Raleigh,
> WKNC.  It's affiliated with N.C. State University, and it's a  
> registered
> non-profit.  It's student run, no commercials, lots of PSAs, etc.,  
> etc.
>
> They are taking an active interest in CC licensed music.  Their music
> director has been walking through the Jamendo catalogue, and they are
> pretty psyched.  All good news.
>
> In fact, they are now looking to get a bunch of local musicians  
> together
> to jam out on a series of live broadcasts, and they're trying to  
> convince
> the artists to release the resultant performances under a Creative  
> Commons
> license.  Probably NC-ND.
>
> The likely agreement: we will ask the artists to license the live
> recordings of their works (the SR copyright) under a Creative Commons
> NC-ND license, but we will NOT ask them to license the underlying
> composition (the PA copyright) at all.  Is this kind of agreement  
> common?
> Sensible?  We're trying to encourage the artists to share particular
> recordings without giving away the farm.
>
> Also -- I'm assuming that WKNC's not-for-profit status allows them to
> rebroadcast works that are licensed NC.  Is this correct?
>
> --g
>
> -- 
> Greg DeKoenigsberg
> Community Development Manager
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