[cc-community] Licensing and the submission process?
Jon Phillips
jon at creativecommons.org
Fri Oct 19 14:31:21 EDT 2007
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 14:20 -0400, Marcus Estes wrote:
> Yes, that's what I meant. CC-Publisher.
>
> And with the help of Elizabeth Stark, I've determined that because of
> our work with music that is often owned by separate parties (a record
> label owning the master recording, a songwriter owning the
> composition), we'll have to devise some more specific language around
> the submission licensing that specifies exactly what copyright is
> being licensed.
Ok, please note that CC Publisher is not an active CC project, and I
would recommend that you find a way to implement this service through
your website...but please choose the best option for your needs...
We have a simple simple way of adding cc licensing functionality to web
properties:
http://creativecommons.org/projects/jswidget
http://creativecommons.org/projects/Web_Integration
Jon
> On 10/19/07, Jon Phillips <jon at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 12:17 -0400, Marcus Estes wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I work for WFMU, a freeform non-commercial radio station, and I'm
> > > currently managing a campaign to license a good deal of recorded music
> > > under Creative Commons licenses (see:
> > > http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/10/the-first-fruit.html).
> > >
> > > We're currently developing a simple web application that will
> > > facilitate web-based submissions. But I need advice about how to
> > > handle the thousands of recordings that we already have archived from
> > > live sessions over the years.
> > >
> > > When I have a physical copy of a recording that does not exist on the
> > > web, what is the best way to assist the artist in licensing that
> > > recording under CC? Could an email from them stating the tracks names
> > > and context under which they were recorded, along with "This work is
> > > licensed under the Creative Commons [insert description] License. To
> > > view a copy of this license, visit [insert url];" suffice?
> > >
> > > We're studying the CC Contribute application for inspiration. Any
> > > additional thoughts on strategies a third party may use to help
> > > facilitate licensing would be appreciated.
> >
> > Heya, what are you referring to as the "CC Contribute" application? Do
> > you mean CC Publisher?
> >
> > http://creativecommons.org/projects/ccpublisher
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Marcus Estes
> > > Licensing Director
> > > Free Music Archive
> > > WFMU
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