[cc-community] avoiding the CC licensing path by rights users
Michael David Crawford
michael at geometricvisions.com
Thu Apr 10 13:15:58 EDT 2008
I have been contacted by six or eight people who asked permission to use
my music in various ways, most often to accompany videos.
In every case but the first, I granted them permission on the condition
that they credit me by name as well as link to my website.
The first time this happened, I told the guy he had to place his video
under the by-sa license as that's what's required by my music's license.
I never heard from him again.
I've decided that it's good for me to allow "somewhat commercial" use
this way - in return for credit and a link. I've been working for quite
some time to build traffic to my site, and the best way to do that is to
get people to link it.
However, I don't want to just grant permission for "highly commercial"
use unless I get a cut of the proceeds.
I've been thinking of posting a page on my site that encourages
"somewhat commercial" licensing - but I'd have to make clear that you
need my specific, written authorization.
What's your take on this?
My music page is #19 at Google for "michael crawford". I aim for it to
be number one, but the British actor owns nine of the top ten spots.
Thus you can see that links would be very valuable to me.
I definitely want to encourage licensing in exchange for links, but I
don't want someone to use my music for a prime-time TV ad unless I'm
paid - and handsomely so!
Regards,
Michael David Crawford
michael at geometricvisions.com
http://www.geometricvisions.com/ <-- Creative Commons Piano Music
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