[Community_studios] Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Streaming on the Internet

iriXx iriXx at iriXx.org
Fri Sep 12 12:12:21 EDT 2003


hi tom.

i like this very much. i'd like to cover it in my book on copyleft in 
music - which is fast becoming a book on CC, as i'm now involved with 
porting the CC licenses to comply with European law.

i'm presently writing an article for O'Reillys openp2p.com on 
'compulsories' and how such a system must be very carefully vetted if we 
are not to wind up being manipulated by the RIAA et al. such a strong 
system as the one you propose - and of course in cooperation with Open 
Studios - would offer a great alternative. we need an impartial 
collection agency, one which cannot be bought because it is taking an 8% 
cut from the RIAA as the MCPS is doing in the UK. i'm not sure how the 
ASCAP / BMI system works in that respect. blanket fees which are 
administered by an impartial, unconnected agency are the only way to do 
this - but how does one ensure that?
we need an organisation which has power on the scale of the RIAA. the 
EFF and of course CC are behind compulsory license systems - but if we 
all get together in the way that you suggest, we might just be able to 
beat them at their own game ;-).

all the best

m~

tom poe wrote:

> http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2002-August/003228.html
> Webcasting without fees to RIAA and no DMCA 
> 
> Hi, Folks:  Found what I was looking for!  On this very list a year
> ago.  Knew it was there, somewhere.
> 
> OK!  Now, we get SNCAT to take a look and see what they want to do.
> 
> Next step is to launch the mother of all Creative Commons music
> licensing campaigns, and the RIAA eats it in the dust!  IBS.org, get
> ready!
> 
> Hope there's no glitches.  :)
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Open Studios
> Reno, NV
> http://www.studioforrecording.org/
> 
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