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

[Kevin Ponto <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to agree. Scene.org simply cannot arbitrarily assign creative 
commons licensing to works it does not own the rights to without prior 
arrangement. they can enact this clause for future submission, as in 
"only cc licensed works can be hosted", but this cannot be done 
retroactively.

The artists do have every right to request that their works be removed, 
even though it may present a hassle for the webmaster, and any 
inconsideration on behalf of the artist aside. The use of the word 
"demand" suggests that the artists are in a tizzy about their 
commercial works being available for free and I doubt that anyone is 
upset about it right out of the gate, considering they submitted the 
works themselves. If Scene.org refuses to remove a work, then I can see 
"demands" being made, but for the time being, I think the use of that 
word is simply for inflammatory reasons.

k


On Mar 3, 2005, at 8:25 AM, John Nowak wrote:

> On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:46 AM, derek holzer wrote:
>
> > Scene.org has responded tho this catch-22 by applying a specific 
> > Creative Commons license to all work in their archive past, present 
> > and future:
> > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
>
> 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.
>
> - John
>
>
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