[advocacy] Open/Free/Personal music licenses

[Moritz Grimm]

> > tool of the devil himself. OGG Vorbis is a
> > container, no more, and no
> > less. It's good and free, and this is what matters,
> > not what others
> > think of fancy "security" functionality.
> Yes, that is why I think we need to discuss here.
> When you musicians release your music in a container
> called Ogg, you must be informed that your music is
> shared without any protection in advance.  Musicians

Personally, I don't care about that. There's more damage done to me when
someone uses my tune in a commercial manner without my consent than when
some people share it for free. I'd instantly allow anyone to do the
latter with my music if I really knew what impact this has on my
opportunities with my own music (i wrote that already). I get the
protection from commercial exploitation by the copyright law. All I need
is being able to prove that my work is really mine. Being able to sign a
tune, something Daniel proposed, would give me enough security to live
with it.

This signing thing has to be approved by legal institutions to be valid
in court, though. I don't know how accepted this is ... anyone having
more information on this?

Moritz


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