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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2007-03-05 12:19 pm

Dear Lazyweb

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.

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2007-03-05 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. I'm just impatient and want to finish this without waiting for people to get back to me about permission. I tend to assume that everyone I know is as bad as I am about writing back about stuff like this, and I find up-front CC licenses to be an excellent substitute for personal negotiation. (Which I am; I found some agreeably licensed stuff and am rendering everything now.)

Tangentially, I really ought to contact the various artists whose work I've been using in Jmac's Arcade and The Gameshelf anyway...