[cc-licenses] Need clarification: What is "commercial"?

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Wed May 2 20:27:25 EDT 2007


On Wednesday 02 May 2007 06:55 pm, Kevin Phillips (home) wrote:
> Hey Jake,
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> So alternatively I can license a song under BY or BY-SA and earn nothing
> (compulsory licenses are waivered), yet other musicians can freely adapt or
> use my song, go on to resell their spin-offs or remixes without so much as
> a $1 tip for me.

One thing with BY-SAas opposed to a bare BY, you could also turn around and 
freely resell their adaptation or your adaptation of their adaptation or your 
remix of their remix or adaptation without so much as a $1 tip for them.

I can see the big guys taking advantage of BY-SA and reselling your original 
work. I would be very interested and surprised to see the big players taking 
advantage of BY-SA to make and sell covers.

I would think they would use the compulsary/statutory? license instead and pay 
you your money.

Does anyone see them going the other way?
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> Kev

all the best,

drew
-- 
(da idea man)



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