[cc-licenses] Is "podsafe" music affected by CRB rulings

Eric Garner ejgarner at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 6 18:19:16 EDT 2007


--- Lucas Gonze <lucas.gonze at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> But that's a communication problem, not a license
> problem.  The thing
> to do is help Jenny learn how to use free licenses.
> 
> Programmers go through this learning process too.   
> When to use a
> BSD, GPL, or LGPL license?
> 
> Requiring learning is OK.  People can do this.
> 
> That's especially true with the NC licenses, which a
> whole generation
> of creators are exploring by doing the wrong thing. 
> Let them go
> wrong.  They will discover that NC work disappears
> into a dead zone,
> while SA becomes part of a thriving ecosystem, and
> the next time
> around they will know.
> 
> The best thing we can do to help Jamming Jenny is
> not pander to her
> misunderstanding.
> 
Let's not forget that the CC community is still trying
to bring in fresh blood, offering a user-friendly
system to simplify the licensing process as much as
possible. Jenny hears the call, and does what she
feels she should to protect her work while making it
available for people to legally play. But Jenny is no
more a computer programmer than a lawyer. She's trying
to stay focussed on making good music, not wanting to
become preoccupied with these licensing issues (which
probably give her a headache). Now how user-friendly
is that, for CC to let her work "dissappear into the
dead zone" and tell her after-the-fact that she should
have figured this all out from the fine print? If the
answer is not to categorize commercial use, but to
help Jenny learn to use free licenses instead, then
why not state the dangers more prominently so Jenny
won't be left wondering why her music isn't being used
by webcasters?



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