Dear Lazyweb
Mar. 5th, 2007 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I figure at least a handful of y'all know a little something about the Creative Commons...
If a work is under the CC "no derivatives" clause, does that mean I can't use it as a TV show soundtrack? It's not clear to me whether the admonition means that I can't make a new piece of the same kind of media out of it - use it as a sample in my own composition, that is - or whether I can't redistribute it in any form at all other than the pure-audio shape I found it in.
Edit Aw nuts, The CC FAQ sez yes it is derivative.
If a work is under the CC "no derivatives" clause, does that mean I can't use it as a TV show soundtrack? It's not clear to me whether the admonition means that I can't make a new piece of the same kind of media out of it - use it as a sample in my own composition, that is - or whether I can't redistribute it in any form at all other than the pure-audio shape I found it in.
Edit Aw nuts, The CC FAQ sez yes it is derivative.
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Date: 2007-03-05 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-05 09:48 pm (UTC)It's a double-edged bit of knowledge... I'm cut off from one pool of music, but I shall now sample from another with impunity.
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Date: 2007-03-05 05:46 pm (UTC)There's no substitute for contacting the musician though.
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Date: 2007-03-05 09:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-05 10:08 pm (UTC)Not being able to use CC-licensed material would kind of defeat the whole purpose of CC, which is why I suspect your use is legit. In fact I think it's the whole point of CC!
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Date: 2007-03-05 10:27 pm (UTC)You are correct that contacting the artist is the best solution. It's also (potentially) wicked slow, and (at least for this project) I am impatient.
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Date: 2007-03-05 10:38 pm (UTC)Where do you search for CC-licensed music? I've enjoyed your choices so far and, lacking any musical talent of my own, could use some free jazzy background music for my silly tech demos.
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Date: 2007-03-05 10:55 pm (UTC)Checking the "Find content I can modify, adapt, or build upon" checkbox will return only hits that don't specify the NoDerivatives clause in their licenses.
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Date: 2007-03-05 11:57 pm (UTC)AFAIK, Fair-use covers all licenses for artistic material. Pointers appreciated if you believe this to be wrong. But you have a video to finish.... you can't be responding to every single no-good-nick-lazy-web-nothing-to-add-to-help-with-my-problem web surfer.
;)
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Date: 2007-03-06 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-05 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-05 10:02 pm (UTC)Tangentially, I really ought to contact the various artists whose work I've been using in Jmac's Arcade and The Gameshelf anyway...