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The music business is casting a wary eye over the imminent arrival in the UK of a new licence scheme for creators.
The Creative Commons [CC] licence, which has its roots in the US philanthropic and academic community, is designed to enable artists, film makers, writers, programmers and others to gain maximum exposure for their work without users having to obtain the time-consuming permissions that normal copyright requires.
CC, which was the subject of a seminar at Midem, eminates from the US's prestigious Stanford Law School, which issued its first licences in the US in 2002; a draft licence has been drawn up by the Universal of Oxford's media and law department ready for it to be launched in the UK.
It is feared by some in the music business that musicians and songwriters may unwittingly turn to CC when it is launched here: a web-based record label, Magnatune, has already been set up based on CC principles and David Byrne and The Beastie Boys have had tracks ...