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[David M.Berry <d.berry AT sussex.ac.uk>]

Hi

I thought you might want to take a look at our website. 
http://www.locarecords.com

We are record label running (sometimes) viably but always on a copyleft 
license. We have the same problems every small label has in terms of 
publicity but we find the copyleft license under CC is inspirational 
for all involved - both label, artists and fans.

BTW we are based in Brighton in the UK.

Cheers

David



On 21 Oct 2004, at 00:28, Chris Adams wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apologies for sounding naive/out of my depth here.
>
> I'm the editor of The Smoke, the student magazine at the University of 
> Westminster, and I'm very, very interested in the development of the 
> creative commons project.
>
> As part of the students union, much of our energy goes to campaigning 
> on issues, and seeing as we have a very large creative school (music, 
> film, new media etc.), I'm keen to feature the CC concept in an 
> article, shift the magazine's own license to a more lax CC style 
> license, and ultimately, talk the university into reviewing it's 
> policy on students' creative property (right now, it's a bit hazy, but 
> most lecturers and staff er towards "we own you, little undergrad - 
> bwahahaha").
>
> I'm a media student, and I'm not au fait with copyright law, despite 
> reading lessig's books, we the media etc., and around other stuff 
> around the subject.
>
> As the editor of the magazine, I'm liable for any legal slipups - what 
> pitfalls should I be aware of if I'm thinking of moving to a more lax 
> copyright license for the mag?
>
> Nearly all content is voluntary to the mag, so I don't feel right 
> about indiscriminately locking away students' work in a big fat 
> copyright license on the mag.
>
> Also, how about adverts and such like? I've got this vision of 
> copyright licenses like a kind of shrink wrapper for the whole mag, 
> that locks everything inside it away behind the 'all rights reserved' 
> tag.
>
> If I'm way off the mark, let me know.
>
> I'm keen to learn, and prove that the licenses are viable commercially 
> (well... at least pseudo-commercially: union media is partially 
> subsidised).
>
> C
>
> Chris Adams
> Communications Officer
> University of Westminster Students Union
> m: 07974 368 229
> t: 0207 911 5000 ext. 2333
> supubs AT wmin.ac.uk
> w: www.uwsu.com
> Chris Adams
> Communications Officer
> University of Westminster Students Union
> m: 07974 368 229
> t: 0207 911 5000 ext. 2333
> supubs AT wmin.ac.uk
> w: www.uwsu.com
>
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