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




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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