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[Ed Griffith-Jones <ed AT acrewoods.net>]

Hello all,

I was just wondering is anyone has spoken to the UK Collecting Societies 
about 
Creative Commons recently? 

What is their current stance on CC?

Ed
Remix Reading / Brighton / FC-UK

Hi Tim,

I have already had a meeting with ACLS and they were rather positive in 
relation to both the commercial and non-commercial versions of the licence. 
The message we are trying to pass is pretty much the one that Ashlyn from 
Fading Ways was suggesting in a previous posting:

> While he is correct in pointing
> out that CC is not a copyright alternative, CC licenses clearly are
> NEEDED in today's marketplace for artists that believe home-taping and
> P2P file sharing is beneficial to our work and essential to our
> internet and street-team marketing. It is ludicrous to accept the
> present music b usiness industry model, which is incredibly stumped and
> outdated by the information highway, without looking at other ways to
> legally improve our business practices.


I am planning meetings with the rest of the UK collecting societies within 
March/April, so I will keep you posted on that. Just wanted the licences to 
be 
finalised and on the website before proceeding to any further discussions 
with 
collecting societies. 

Having said that I would like to thank you all for the feedback you keep 
providing on the licences. Also, to the CC-Scotland team: sorry for the CC-UK 
mistake on the licences, it keeps popping up the whole time in a rather 
embarassing way!!! 

Best,
pRo


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