[cc-community] CC needs a default form of attribution?

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Tue Apr 29 07:38:59 EDT 2008


On Tuesday 29 April 2008 00:01:04 Jamison Young wrote:
> > From: "Mike Linksvayer"
> >
> > "Attribution. You must credit the author and/or designated
> > organization by name; note the title of the work; and give the URI
> > and/or text of any copyright notices. If you change the work, you must
> > note the changes."
> >
> > vs the current
> >
> > "Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by
> > the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they
> > endorse you or your use of the work)."
> >
> > Including the non-endorsement stuff would obtain something like
> >
> > "Attribution. You must credit the author and/or designated
> > organization by name (but not in any way that suggests that they
> > endorse you or your use of the work); note the title of the work; and
> > give the URI and/or text of any copyright notices. If you change the
> > work, you must note the changes."
> >
> > Any feedback on that? I'll see what is thought of it internally.
>
> Attribution.
>   for radio station?
> -straight after the track was played or prior the station would
> mention the artist's song and website.

And so any CC licensed works are unlikely to be used under the cc license on 
any regular radio.

>   for a night club/event?
> -the song/tittle/website might be on a list that was part of a ticket.
> -songs might be on a website from the night.
> -after or prior to each song the DJ would announce the song.

And so any CC licensed works are unlikely to be used under the cc license in 
any regular club.

Am I wrong?

> -after each song was played the creator/producer/writers of the songs
> names might glow above the DJ's head.
>   for someone that sang someone else's song and recorded it?
> -the performer could announce that this was someone's song with
> website prior to singing the song, make it part of the recording.
>
> Do you think a link from the license might suggest different ways to
> attribute for different uses?
>
> A problems with rights organizations (from the self publishers point
> of view) is that the rights organizations give the venue/radio/club
> the right to use content as they choose (at a cost), the user of
> content is under no obligation to attribute the artist. If good
> attribution conditions were attached to the license, self publishing
> artists that are not commercial- might be more inclined to use a
> creative commons license. Also: If an artist is not a member of a
> rights organization- then the cafe/bar/radio station/non-profit
> organization has no platform to use a song. A lot of songwriters
> would like attribution attached to a song that included -a website
> link/ tittle of the track/ performer and writer of songs name, maybe
> even producers. Attribution can be a sensitive issue. Could
> attribution conditions be built into the license, if the artist would
> choose? Could a couple of different defaults exist? Is a default
> possible with so many variables?

all the best,

drew



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