Thursday, December 24, 2009

Different cc licences

Ah .. the Jamendo creative commons licences are variable .. there are some you can sample and make derivative works from as long as you give credit to the original artist. I was talking to one of the artists who has a few albums up there and he says if you want to know whether you can sample from the music look at each albums page and it will tell you the conditions of the creative commons licence each individual musician has issued the album under and a lot allow you to sample from their music as long as you credit them.

Some don't though. Dunno why cause it would mean more people would hear their music.

I'd read that it was a blanket cover under Jamendo's rules but that was wrong .. the cover that covers all the music there is that if you use it commercially you have to pay for it but if you use it for personal use only it's free .. though you can buy a cd if you want .. and some people do.And the licences there do seem to include giving credit to the artist.