Comments on: How Creative Commons Can Enhance Your Business Model http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/06/how-creative-commons-can-enhance-your-business-model/ save the music - not the industry. Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan-O http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/06/how-creative-commons-can-enhance-your-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Dan-O Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:22:05 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=1062#comment-743 I have released my music under cc for over a year and it has been an incredible boost to my website for people who need royalty free music for youtube. Dan-O http://www.danosongs.com I have released my music under cc for over a year and it has been an incredible boost to my website for people who need royalty free music for youtube.

Dan-O
http://www.danosongs.com

]]> By: refe http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/06/how-creative-commons-can-enhance-your-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-689 refe Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:17:17 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=1062#comment-689 Thanks for pointing that out, it's an important distinction. Hopefully they will figure out a way to make it work, because licensing deals are still very realistic for even independent artists, and it would be a shame to have to choose between exposure on services like YouTube and revenue generated by getting your track on 'The OC.' There may be (with the help of a lawyer) a way to build a blanket waiver into the license allowing users to upload to YouTube without violating the policies of Creative Commons. I'm working on getting in touch with an expert and I'll make sure that's one of the questions I bring up. Thanks for pointing that out, it’s an important distinction.

Hopefully they will figure out a way to make it work, because licensing deals are still very realistic for even independent artists, and it would be a shame to have to choose between exposure on services like YouTube and revenue generated by getting your track on ‘The OC.’

There may be (with the help of a lawyer) a way to build a blanket waiver into the license allowing users to upload to YouTube without violating the policies of Creative Commons. I’m working on getting in touch with an expert and I’ll make sure that’s one of the questions I bring up.

]]> By: Eugenia http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/06/how-creative-commons-can-enhance-your-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Eugenia Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:42:26 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=1062#comment-688 One thing about the CC-BY-NC (non-commercial). It's indeed the best CC license for a professional musician, but while it does allow remixes/mashups by the fans, it's not realistic when it's used in conjunction to a video or uploaded in a commercial music site. For example, if someone is doing a video or audio remix, or a family video, and adds an CC-BY-NC song to his video, or remixes the audio, the "normal" thing to do is to then upload that video on youtube, or vimeo, or blip.tv or a music streaming service. Unfortunately, these sites are usually commercial, therefore, the CC-BY-NC song can't be uploaded to such a site -- EVEN if the video/remix itself is non-commercial and the creator makes no money off of it. Youtube does (or might), you see. Personally, because of these restrictions I only use CC-BY music for <a href="http://vimeo.com/eugenia/videos" rel="nofollow">my videos</a>, and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/20575/Guide_to_Creative_Commons_Media_for_Videographers" rel="nofollow">I advise</a> other videographers to do the same. Creative Commons are aware of the "problem" in the minds of the users of "I don't make money off of my remix, why can't I upload it here or there", that's why they launched an intensive survey a few months ago, to learn what their users are thinking "non-commercial" really means and adjust future licenses accordingly. Hopefully, there's going to be a "youtube exception" of a sort. We'll see. One thing about the CC-BY-NC (non-commercial). It’s indeed the best CC license for a professional musician, but while it does allow remixes/mashups by the fans, it’s not realistic when it’s used in conjunction to a video or uploaded in a commercial music site.

For example, if someone is doing a video or audio remix, or a family video, and adds an CC-BY-NC song to his video, or remixes the audio, the “normal” thing to do is to then upload that video on youtube, or vimeo, or blip.tv or a music streaming service. Unfortunately, these sites are usually commercial, therefore, the CC-BY-NC song can’t be uploaded to such a site — EVEN if the video/remix itself is non-commercial and the creator makes no money off of it. Youtube does (or might), you see.

Personally, because of these restrictions I only use CC-BY music for my videos, and I advise other videographers to do the same.

Creative Commons are aware of the “problem” in the minds of the users of “I don’t make money off of my remix, why can’t I upload it here or there”, that’s why they launched an intensive survey a few months ago, to learn what their users are thinking “non-commercial” really means and adjust future licenses accordingly. Hopefully, there’s going to be a “youtube exception” of a sort. We’ll see.

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