[cc-community] Copyright enforcement and CC BY-NC licenses
jonathon
jonathon.blake at gmail.com
Sat Aug 2 11:35:02 EDT 2008
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 05:17, drew Roberts wrote:
> So, if you make a song and release it BY-NC, I cam make a new song based on yours and release mine BY-NC as well and get paid royalties on my song without violating your NC license?
Person A writes a poem, that is released under CC-BY-NC
Person B likes the poem, and sets it to music. That score is released
under CC-BY-NC
Person C likes the poem, and the music, but arranges it differently.
That arrangement is released under CC-BY-NC
Person D likes all of the above, and releases it as a CD, under the CC-BY-NC.
Person E like's Person's D CD, and proceeds to sell it in a store.
Person A through D collect royalties thru different collection
societies. However, none of them granted Person E the right to sell
the product. Furthermore, US Federal law does not grant Person E the
right to sell that product either.
Where all this gets complicated, is who paid who, and how much was
paid, to the various collection societies, unions, and other
organizations that exist to separate musicians from their income.
xan
jonathon
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