[cc-community] AKM go against a live license
Lucas Gonze
lucas.gonze at gmail.com
Thu Oct 9 15:57:28 EDT 2008
Does ASCAP know about your wishes, Jamison?
When they contact a venue you have played post-facto, is it
specifically about your performance and not all performances in
general?
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Jamison Young <info at freetrain.org> wrote:
> Hi CC mail list...
> some news...
> Rights organization AKM has started a process of contacting venues that i
> play shows in for free in Austria and asking them to pay for my live
> performance after i have played the show. Effectively putting my free show
> out of business...
> I joined ASCAP as a song of mine went in a major film, when i joined ASCAP i
> asked if it was possible to use the creative commons license to make the
> tunes free...
>
> ASCAP pointed me in the direction of the their bill of rights and I signed
> on the dotted line...
>
> We have the right to be compensated for the use of our creative works, and
> share in the revenues that they generate.
>
> We have the right to choose when and where our creative works may be used
> for free.
>
> Prior to being a member of ASCAP, I went through the process of creating a
> live license that i issued under this license...please view the document at
> this link.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamtea/2912038406/
>
> AKM are putting my live show out of business, by contacting the venues that
> i have played at for free and telling them that as a member of ASCAP, they
> have to pay. They are not validating the licenses that i issue as a member
> of ASCAP.
> I'm not sure who is at fault here, i covered my bass's and now I can only
> sing a song where a fee is being paid to this organization. I have never
> submitted a live performance return in my life, as i simply feel its wrong.
> Food for though....
> best,
> Jamison
>
>
>
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