Re: [microsound] interesting legal/licensing developments at scene.org [nexsound.org mp3 host]

[John Nowak <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 3, 2005, at 12:48 PM, derek holzer wrote:

> > Scene.org has no legal right to do this unless prior agreements were 
> > made. If the artist wants to pull their tracks, fine. Let them. 
> > Ruccas.org let's artists do this, and it hasn't caused any issues. 
> > Not sure why scene.org would be any different.
>
> So, my basic question which follows this analysis would be: is it 
> "right" for an artist to remove something they have placed in the 
> public domain, considering that the resources used to keep it in the 
> public domain once represented a valuable publicity asset to that 
> artist? And on a deeper level, can something conceivably be *removed* 
> from the public domain, once it is there? Might as well try to patent 
> oxygen or something...

The music on these sites were never in the "public domain", which has a 
very specific meaning. They were copyrighted works that were available 
for free. The artist still has the rights to the work, and can pull 
them if he/she chooses.

- John


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