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

I personally think that more thought needs to go into the concept of 
dual licensing. I would have thought that as a copyright holder I am 
perfectly at liberty to release versions under different licenses (for 
instance I may release under a CC-BY-SA but also license a non-CC 
version to a film company to, perhaps, excuse them from the viral 
effects and to be paid or whatever).

My understanding is that as the copyright is not transferred or given 
up I perfectly well have the right to release as many different forms 
as I wish, for example CC_BY-SA for MP3s and copyright for CDs etc. 
After all, lets remember that this work is not just thrown into the 
public domain or anything. The CC is a clever bit of trickery to 
simulate a commons, but it is *not* really a commons in a true sense as 
it relies on private ownership.

Additionally the artist may choose to rerecord and license a  slightly 
different track or remix under a stronger license.

This may be considered confusing to the consumer (hence the value of 
some form of embedded CC license in the track to explain might be in 
order) but I would have thought this perfectly legal and sensible to 
allow maximum flexibility to the artist and to combat this decidedly 
Creators' Rights Alliance type arguments against CC releases.

Cheers

David

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On 25 Apr 2005, at 10:07, Damian.Rafferty AT Culture.gsi.gov.uk wrote:

> One of the thorny 'yes buts...' I am hearing a lot in regard to CC is 
> "what
> happens if young creators license their early work under CC and then 
> rue the
> day forever more?"
>
> What response can you give to this?
>
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