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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Requiring Source [Was Re: Draft License 2.5 - Now open for discussion
  • Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 00:06:02 +0100

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.




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