Dear Lazyweb

[prog]

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.

Comments

[keimel.livejournal.com]

But of course, that doesn't exclude 'fair use' - but then from how it sounds, you're using it distinctly for a music bed for some amount of time, not reviewing it or sampling a short amount of it, so fair-use doesn't matter in this case, right?

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.

;)

[prog.livejournal.com]

IANAL but I do believe that you are correct on all counts, including that fair use doesn't apply to the project at hand.