[cc-community] Moby frees unreleased music for filmmakers
Matthew J. Agnello
matt.agnello at gmail.com
Wed May 28 19:05:34 EDT 2008
Just caught a video on Vimeo where Moby introduces his new website,
MobyGratis.com.[1] He wants to allow independent filmmakers and non-
profits to use his work for non-commercial use. The site asks you to
register (and asks for a surprising amount of personal information)
and then presents you with a list of the music where you can browse
and preview some tracks.
There's also a nifty "request license" link that brings up a form you
have to fill out to get the right to use the track. The form asks some
basic questions, such as your name, position on the film, what the
film's about, where the track will be used, etc. I tried this out, and
I was surprised by some of the things you had to agree to near the
bottom of this list. Here's some of the license text:
> You hereby confirm that by proceeding with this license, your film
> or [is] solely for non-commercial uses i.e. explicitly for non-
> profit organizations.
Not exactly clear what this means (as if it ever is), and I don't know
what's up with the typo. Moby seems to suggest in his video that he
thinks students and independent filmmakers are non-commercial
entities. I'd hope not. I want to make some money someday. =c)
> The song downloaded for non-commercial use may not be altered,
> amended or modified in any way. You may however shorten the song for
> editing purposes.
This is actually surprising, because if I were to use a song in a film
other than a music video, I almost have to do more than just "shorten"
it to make it useable for a scene.
The restrictions end up being a bit confusing. I blogged a bit about
some of the above as well as why a standard license like CC might be
superior to this one (not that the NC aspect is any more clear).[2]
I'm not sure why Moby didn't go the way NIN did and pick a CC license,
but he seems to have different goals here. I won't say naive, because
I like Moby, but you can.
It seems like a step forward by allowing filmmakers to request
licenses through a web form, but the license itself is fugly.
What do you guys think of this?
Best,
// Matt
[1] Moby introduces MobyGratis.com: http://vimeo.com/1072768
[2] My blog post on the subject: http://hungryfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2008/05/friend-or-faux-moby-frees-unreleased.html
--
Matthew J. Agnello
http://hungryfilmmaker.com/
< matt.agnello at gmail.com >
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