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Hi,
On Saturday 13 March 2010 11:29:29 Atte Andr=E9 Jensen wrote:

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> I don't understand the CC license at all. I could dig through a jungle

> starting with google, and I *have* read and understood the basics

> regarding CC. I'm hoping for some personal experiences in plain

> language. Here goes:

> 1) What's the advantages for the artist with CC compared to "All rights

> reserved".

With "all rights reserved" you alone are the one to decide what to do with =

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or the production firm you sold the rights to. Which is already the most=20

prominent disadvantage of "all rights reserved": if the producing firm boug=

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the exclusive rights, they tell you what to do with your music.

If you publish your music by some CC license you as the artist are more fre=

e.
And with CC licenses the listeners (your audience!) and other artists are m=

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free.

If you choose a SA-option, others might use parts of your music in their wo=

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(of course giving credit to you!), if you choose an non-commercial option,=

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they can't sell these derived works.

Note that you can still sell the music and are not bound to the NC because =

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are the copyright-holder, you can license your music to others under what=20

license you choose. You can license it as CC-SA-NC and at the same time mak=

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fortune selling commercial rights to warner...
> 2) What's the disadvantages for the artist with CC compared to "All

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> rights reserved".

Some said you can't sell it anymore because nobody will buy it when its fre=

e.

To see if that true, look if people downloading your last album for free fr=

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your webspace also paid...

Just a week ago I bought a CC-licensed book on amazon after I downloaded th=

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pdf for free. Some people like free licenses and still pay for not needing =

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print a book for themselves:-)
> 3) What's the advantages for the consumer with CC compared to "All

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> rights reserved".

=46or the consuming-only consumer its mostly the fact that there are no dum=

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(and partly illegal) restrictions like "no private copies, no processing ot=

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then bought".

=46or the deriving consumer or the public-playing consumer, the CC licenses=

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usual give more freedom.
> I assume there's no disadvantages for the customer with CC...
Yes, there are. If its SA-based, there is no more illegal sample ripping fo=

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real gangsters. :-)
Please note that I am no lawyer. I just read a book from irights.info (anot=

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book bought by me while its content are available for free) and other sourc=

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like the cc-homepage.
Have fun,
Arnold
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