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Maybe someone working with Creative Commons Canada can make a similar catalog available to them? Artist could sign up online with their music and right there pr
by nkassis 16y ago
Maybe someone working with Creative Commons Canada can make a similar catalog available to them? Artist could sign up online with their music and right there provide the rights to their song and a link where to find them.
Just an idea but it might solve their main issue with the music.
- joeyh 16y agoJamendo already has this: http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums?license_class=cc_standard&license_maxrights=sa&license_minrights=by+c+d http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums?license_class=cc_standard&#...
- mechanical_fish 16y agoIt's a great idea, but the question is: Who is liable when the catalog makes a mistake? If I just run an open wiki for artists I'll be sued to death when some joker submits an obscure John Lennon track with a bogus name and an equally bogus CC license attached. So I've got to do some due diligence, and charge a fee to cover the cost of that due diligence. And I've got to take out insurance to cover the risk that I make a mistake, and to cover the inevitable lawsuits. (Because, even if I employ perfect lawyers, my company will be sued. Baseless lawsuits happen, and they still need to be defended.) Lo and behold, now I'm in the music licensing business. Just like the company that the CBC is employing. The question is: Can my CC-music-licensing business be run at a profit? Or is it doomed to go bankrupt? Apparently the CBC hasn't found a supplier who has solved this problem. Maybe that's because they haven't looked very hard; maybe not. My take-home lesson at this point is that CC licensing is great as far as it goes, but it isn't a substitute for an actual public domain, or even for a compulsory licensing scheme. I believe Lessig warned us about this.