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  • From: Rob Myers <rob AT robmyers.org>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Licensing my Album/Mixtape under a CC License (with conditions)
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:08:31 +0100

On 26 Jun 2006, at 02:47, Jeremiah Sinkie wrote:

I’m currently in the process of making a Mixtape/Album that I want to release under a CC License (probably the BY-NC License), but I want to make it a condition that they have to actually purchase the CD itself, and cannot download it for free, or post the original versions up for download, CC License or not.

But I do want to make it that once they’ve purchased the CD, they have permission to Mix/Remix/Cut-Up/Sample/Mash-Up the tracks, and then they can release those “creatively transformed” versions of the tracks up for download under that BY-NC License.
How would be the best way for me to do this?

The CC-Sampling license, which allows creative transformation, would be a good match. But this allows commercial use of the transformed work. NC-Sampling-Plus does not allow commercial use but it does allow filesharing.

http://creativecommons.org/license/sampling?lang=en-us

If people want to fileshare your work then they will, a license won't stop them. But you may be able to build a buzz by harnessing that. Some of that may translate into sales. Allegedly. :-)

I thought about just releasing the CD as a normal CD (like you’d buy at Tower or Wal-Mart) and then putting in the item description and inside the CD booklet that they could do that, but I didn’t know if that would be the best way to do it or not.

There are CDs that are CC licensed, it's a good way of giving people something to buy.

I want it to be a condition that the CD is actually purchased, so as to pay for the making of the CD, paying for the use of some samples, etc.

Be careful with samples, they will have licenses that may not allow you to sublicense the work under a CC license.

Good luck.

- Rob.



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