Creative Commons - Belgium

["Michel Berghs" <michel AT netlabelism.net>]

If you only play music with the CC license, you don't have to pay
Sabam (see http://netlabelism.net/parties),  because you do it in "an
act of trust" (te goedertrouw). If there are artists with music under
CC license and they are member of a collectors society like Sabam,
they are incorrect, and Sabam should sue them. About "billijke
vergoeding": the CC license gives explicitly the permission to
distribute the music, i.e. play music, so I would refuse to pay this
kind of "blackmail".

If you're lookin for CC music, have a look at my site:
http://netlabelism.net/topbits/bystyle

Michel Berghs


On Nov 19, 2007 11:52 AM, Mark Van den Borre <mark AT markvdb.be> wrote:
> 2007/11/19, Bruno De Bondt <bruno AT indymedia.be>:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > The people of Fosdem, the yearly Free & Open Source Software Meeting
> > held in Brussels, are considering playing CC licensed music in between
> > presentations.
> >
> > Appearantly, they would need to pay Sabam even if the music they play is
> > strictly CC licensed. Is this correct? Or does it only matter for
> > artists who are a member of Sabam?
> This is legally correct. But at least theoretically, there is a way
> for the CC artists played to claim their share of the "billijke
> vergoeding/rémunération équitable" contribution paid by FOSDEM
> vzw/asbl. I have once looked up this mechanism "on the interwebs", and
> found it. Unfortunately, I can't find the relevant information
> anymore.
>
> I will follow this up with the other FOSDEM people and see if there is
> any interest in testing this "claim your share" principle.
>
> Mark
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