[LAU] [OT] creative commons non-commercial licensed music - ask for advice

> I received an email from a film producer (based in Los Angeles,
> probably
> an indie studio) in which he wrote that the director of a movie
> they're
> just finishing (they're at post-production stage) is interested in
> using
> two tracks of mine, 'Balloon' (http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/media)
> and
> 'As we grow older' (http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/media/the-moon-ep).
>
> I released these tracks under a non-commercial Creative Commons
> license:
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed-music.
>
> In the past some of my music has been used for some short films, but
> these were clearly non commercial projects or film schools thesis.
>
> Has anybody some experience on this topic? What should I do? Should I
> re-license these tracks? Can I just make them a written permission?
> Or
> should I ask for some kind of royalty (or would it be ridiculous,
> also
> considering that AFAIK Gyorgy Ligeti has never been paid for its
> music
> on '2001 A space odyssey' :-) )?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - c.
>
>

CC got a pretty good video on this situation here:
<http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#ccp> (I think it's that one).

You (the author) may give people permission to break the CC-NC license.

peace,
Gasten

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Received on Sat Jan 26 16:15:02 2008