[cc-community] Collective Licensing & Creative Commons

Atom Smasher atom at smasher.org
Thu Jan 22 02:37:30 EST 2009


i'd really like to see this gain momentum:
  A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing
  http://www.eff.org/wp/better-way-forward-voluntary-collective-licensing-music-file-sharing

question: under collective licensing system, such as described in the 
link, above, or systems such as ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, can an artist collect 
fees for CC licensed works?

ok, that's a trick question... maybe...? i'm sure it depends on which 
license and whether or not the use is commercial... and other factors?

i would think that any NC license would justify charging fees to 
commercial airplay and such, but what about p2p? what about other license 
types?

if the system proposed in the above link became reality, would CC licensed 
works be ineligible to collect fees for p2p sharing?

under current systems such as ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, (which are primarily 
commercial) how do the different licenses affect the ability to collect 
fees?

is this something that needs to be addressed (fixed?) in the CC licenses?

thanks...



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