[cc-community] rethink attribution

Robert Atwood (lists) lists at atwood.org.uk
Thu May 1 20:34:07 EDT 2008


drew Roberts wrote:
>
> Yes, but I think film is less problematic in this reguard than is radio 
> broadcast of music and DJ use of music. If the attribution needs to be in 
> audio form and in band, this is problematic.

I dont think I have ever heard a DJ attribute any band, in 'audio 
in-band ' form ... and indeed usually the artistic intent of DJs  is to 
keep music going continuosuly ... I hadn't really thought of that in 
terms of license requirement strictness, but  I would be happy for DJ's 
to use my cc-by-sa music and would consider it sufficient attribution if 
they were willing to tell anyone who came up and asked , who the 
musician was. I would consider that 'appropriate to the medium' 
basically, that's usually how I find out the musician of a track that I 
particulary found interesting, so it's 'equal' with others.

Perahps some disagree? Then do you put cc-by-sa  other cc-by-* music on 
disks and give or sell them to DJ's ? What exactly do you expect them to 
do ?

  There is always some elemnt of audience choice, you could in theory 
read a book without reading the author's naem , and less theoretically 
leave the film before credits are over as virtually all audience members 
seem to do. So it seems not wholly out of line that some small act of 
intent on the audeince member is needed for that information to be 
transferre to them




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