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Creative Commons licences undermine copyright.(Viewpoint)
There has been a lot of talk about a new idea for copyright from across the Atlantic from the US. We are told this is an idea that will revolutionise both culture and commerce on the internet and will create a new huge "public domain" of ideas from which will spread a new renaissance. Sounds good? Not if you are involved in the music business.
Originated by Stamford law professor Laurence Lessig, Creative Commons is a new series of licences that creators can attach to their work for internet distribution. But where is the commerce element? The answer is there isn't any--the creator puts the work up for free and the only real right which he or she tries to enforce is the right to have their name attached to the work.
OK, I've pressed up 200 copies of my band's demo and we're looking for a deal, so I'm giving them away to everyone and I'll stick a Creative Commons licence on them for our webpage and then when we get a deal we'll cancel the licence, get an advance from "Super Publishing inc" and put out the album.
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