Creative Commons - Belgium

[Stefan Kolgen <stefan AT chipsvzw.be>]

A short investigation learned me that Mr. Pieter Roosens signed the 
"Artists' Petition on Copyright - Second Edition" organised by the 
IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide.
-> http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/library/petition2000.pdf

I have a bit of a problem with people acting up as an anti-piracy guru 
and the next moment complaining about the rigid structures and rules of 
Sabam.

But then again, it's never too late to see the light.

Stefan K.



On 7-mrt-05, at 13:45, Wouter Vanden hove wrote:

> Pieter Roosens wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am a member of the Belgian Authors rights organisation for many 
> > years.
> > They tell me that if I want to use CC licenses for any of my musical 
> > works, I have to cancel my membership. That's because they are 
> > contractually obliged to earn the rights for me. Always and for all 
> > the songs.
>
> They can choose freely what contract they make with their members. So 
> this is plain nonsense. They only thing they want to achieve with 
> this, is to heighten the barrier for adopting CC-licenses by their 
> members.
>
> Instead of quitting, I suggest you try to make CC-licenses a 
> discussion-topic within the organisation.


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