Dark and licensing
Hey Nebe,
Maybe we need a seperate section for this, i dunno ;)
With the recent addition of streaming support to the site and the option to allow either streaming only or with downloading, a question:
Can I release snippets of works to stream but are still copyrighted by myself in that I still retain distribution rights?
In other words, can I license dark.za.org to stream them, but still enforce my copyright if I find copies on the web?
Is this possible? Is it a reasonable stance for an artist to take?
Reason I'm asking is that I often have parts of music that I am working on that I would like others to hear, but do not want it in the public domain as the finished and polished versions I would like to offer for sale later.
This is also the delimma and reason I've been holding back putting up something new.
Thanks,
TM.
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Licencing
Well it was kinda the idea why I added the streaming support.
To give artists on the page a bit more flexibility on how they would like to present their music to the public.
I feel the same way, I want certain users to listen to my music but I don't want to give it away for free either except when I make certain experimental internet tracks.
I know it is sometimes very difficult getting a record or distribution deal if you have free music floating around.
So yes I think it is a great idea if you licence the work to dark.za.org. This way you will still have a good foot to stand on when people are distributing your work illegaly.
Just make sure you add your copyright notice to the same node as the audio.
I can unfortuanately not guarantee that people wont be able to illegaly obtain a track from the website I did make sure to make it at least difficult. I have for example not included any audio in the RSS feeds. So people cant leech music from the site with music/audio aggregators.
Thanks for starting this topic because it is a important topic to discuss...
I also think it is time that I added some rules and regulations for dark.za.org
Great
Kewl, thanks dude. Your reply is clear, thorough and covers my question pretty well :)
I'm planning on adding some previews from my experimental mixes in the upcoming weeks, I'll ask if I have any problems with the interface or other questions.
*Smooch*
TM.