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  • From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Need clarification: What is "commercial"?
  • Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:10:21 -0400

On Friday 04 May 2007 08:43 am, Greg London wrote:
> > And like I said, they could do the same thing
> > with a song licensed BY-SA as well right?
>
> I believe so.
>
> > If it is a BY-SA song several generations old
> > with a big mix of "authors" then who do
> > they pay and what goes on then?
>
> If the original version is good enough, they could
> apply the compulsory license there.
>
> Otherwise, once you get a lot of authors contributing
> to a work, there's no easy way to change the license
> other than to deal with every author.

Sure, but is taking out a statutory license changing the license?

I guess the question might be is, does the law, as it now exists, presume
that
the last person has already negotiated the needed rights? Perhaps that is not
the right question, I am not sure.

I think I have read some funny info on co-authors and copyright royalies. My
memory is fuzzy on that now.
>
> Greg

all the best,

drew
--
(da idea man)




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