Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On 28 May 2005, at 23:49, drew Roberts wrote:

> > How would one provide non-digital sources though?  To use your  
> > example,
> > the sources for the hand-drawn Disney cartoons are individual hand- 
> > drawn
> > frames.  Would a digitized form be good enough?  What about a fine- 
> > art
> > photograph where the source is a negative?

For hand-drawn, scan everything.

For a negative, copy or scan.

Whilst the amounts of data for something like a cartoon might appear  
ridiculous, look at the Internet Archive: storage is getting cheaper,  
and there are ways and means.

Low & high resolution versions could be provided.

> This is why I wanted to limit the initial discussion to digital  
> music. If we
> can't get anywhere with such a limited area, we have no hope with  
> the rest.
> If we get somewhere useful, the process may lead to insights when  
> we come to
> consider other areas.
>
> Does this idea make sense to anyone?

Require the original sequencer file and samples. See NIN's Garageband  
release of one of their songs for a good example. Scans of the napkin  
the lyrics were written on wouldn't hurt.

The file should be an open format wherever possible.

I know requiring editable sources, or source material, for cultural  
works may seem silly, but the potential it could release would be far  
greater than just allowing sampling.

- Rob.