Re: [linux-audio-user] Specifying the license when posting music?

On Friday 19 August 2005 18:55, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
> well, if there are answers to your reservations, i guess they would lie
> in this section of the "Share Music" license (which at least *sounds*
> like a good idea, don't you think?):
>
> "# You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3
> above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward
> commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of
> the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or
> otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward
> commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is
> no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange
> of copyrighted works."
>
> that is really vague, and open to interpretation, and unless you can be
> more specific about the ways in which you think your music could be used
> by the forces of evil, then i think your concerns will have to go
> unanswered ... but the fact that the Beastie Boys have released music
> under a CC license should relieve you somewhat (cos i'm sure that out of
> any world-renowned band, they'd be so unlikely to expose any of their
> music to use by the forces of social/environmental/political evil) ;)

Thanks, I feel better now. That _does_ partly answer some of my reservations.
I thought we were probably talking the same language. ;)

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cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim