Interview with Paul Keller
CC Netherlands is funded by the government- which is really a wow.
CC Netherlands is doing an experimental project with the collecting society "Buma/Stemra" (equivalent of JASRAC in Japan) where they allow artists to make their works available using non-commercial CC licenses...!
What is this all about?
Why could CC Netherlands make this happen?
I was so interested in this that I couldn't stop myself from interviewing Paul... :D
Quotes from Technology Law Culture blog:
And I was checking out TLC blog again, finding this post:
“The Netherlands Open in Connection”: Odd Title, But Not So Odd Goals for Adopting Open Standards and Open Source in Dutch Public Sector
CC Netherlands is doing an experimental project with the collecting society "Buma/Stemra" (equivalent of JASRAC in Japan) where they allow artists to make their works available using non-commercial CC licenses...!
What is this all about?
Why could CC Netherlands make this happen?
I was so interested in this that I couldn't stop myself from interviewing Paul... :D
Quotes from Technology Law Culture blog:
Under the pilot, Buma/Stemra will allow its member artists to make their works available using non-commercial Creative Commons licenses. (This was previously not allowed under the Buma/Stemra agreements which, as is common for collecting society agreements, required exclusivity for the collective licensing and collection of royalties and levies.) Conversely, artists who have previously relied on non-commercial CC licenses for dissemination of their work can now become a member of Buma/Stemra so that the organization may collect royalties and levies for commercial uses of their works.
“This initiative is in keeping with our efforts to provide optimal service to our rights holders. I also regard this unique and innovative collaboration between Buma/Stemra and Creative Commons as a first step towards more freedom of choice in the area of exploiting music copyright in the digital world. This initiative makes it abundantly clear to very one that we are open to innovation.”
And I was checking out TLC blog again, finding this post:
“The Netherlands Open in Connection”: Odd Title, But Not So Odd Goals for Adopting Open Standards and Open Source in Dutch Public Sector
On 20 December 2007, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published (pdf) an English translation of its 17 September 2007 plan entitled “The Netherlands Open in Connection” announcing the steps that the Dutch government will take in the coming years to further the adoption of open standards and open source for software in use in the Dutch public sector.Amazing!!
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The best I've read today! (It's news for me.)
I hope more and more countries in Europe support artists with whichever license they try, and adjust their policy in a suitable way.
I live in Japan and I don't hear as much complaint about JASRAC (or even NHK for that matter) as there should be. But in my home country Spain, it's hard to publish music without licensing and rights being managed by SGAE. SGAE has proven horrible at managing such thing, but CD manufacturers and other enterprises involved in publishing are told by SGAE that everything must go through them. And that is a lie, because SGAE is a private entity and there are other ones doing (less of) the same.
SGAE also keeps pushing retailers and consumers with compensation "taxes" in compensation for the private backup rights all Spanish citizens hold.
Thank you for your comment, Pepino!
Interesting to hear about the situation in Spain.
BTW I saw this post about SGAE and CC licensing.
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5830
The post is from a year ago so it's a bit old,
but it should be moving in the right direction :)