[cc-licenses] collection societies
Jamison Young
jam at jamyoung.net
Mon Aug 27 07:27:49 EDT 2007
Hi CC mailing list,
Last week I got an email that talks about a new type of CC license
that is able to be used in conjunction with collection societies in
the Netherlands for a trail period. This CC license that is to be
potentially adopted by the collection society shall allow the
licensor to choose the way that a commercial use shall be defined (if
i read the press release the right way). The choice takes place
within the Burma/Stemra system. So I'm thinking that Burma/Stremra
are going to decide what a commercial use is.
"In order to make this possible Buma/Stemra will - upon request -
retransfer the rights needed for using a non-commercial CC licenses
to their members. This happens online (on their website) and is
stored in their internal processing and administration systems. the
whole process takes about 30 seconds per song." extract from press
release CC Netherlands.
If the collection societies are able to create a CC license with a
definition of what a commercial use is, what is the effect of this ?
I reckon that creating a CC license that can adapt to anything is a
good idea. Yet this is something new to the way I see CC and is this
not a new form of licensing all together ?
Also:
I'm still relatively new to CC licensing, so maybe I have
misinterpreted the situation. My view at the moment is that very few
music artists (outside the US) have heard about CC, to create
something without a reasonable demand is not easy, yet I agree its
maybe possible.
thought:
From talkin with artists in Australia through http://www.myspace.com/
optoutofAPRA it seems that the only income that very much more than
most "Self Published" artists are able to get is through "Live
Performance". also, some artists have said that they are upset that
non-profit clubs/venues/spaces end up having to pay for the use of
content. So question is.
If an artist performs works in a non-profit space, does that non-
profit venue still have to pay the collection societies for use of
that artists works ? that is if the artist has licenses that/those
works with a CC license.
The above question was in the context of what is happening with Burma/
Strema. can someone from CC Netherlands please answer the above
though. If possible.
best,
Jamison
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