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Okay … I was waiting for the explanation before weighing in on this. Historically, the problem goes back MUCH further; to wit: " In 1501, Ottaviano Petrucci published Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A, which contained 96 pieces of printed music. Petrucci's printing method produced clean, readable, elegant music, but it was a long, difficult process that required three separate passes through the printing press. Petrucci later developed a process which required only two passes through the press, but was still taxing since each pass required very precise alignment in order for the result to be legible. This was the first well distributed printed polyphonic music. Petrucci also printed the first tablature with movable type. Single impression printing first appeared in London around 1520. Pierre Attaingnant brought the technique into wide use in 1528, and it remained little changed for 200 years." From your favorite WikiPedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_music#Printing). >From the moment that sheet music was being created, the issue of "rights" immediately sprang up. Key points to remember are: 1. Country of jurisdiction. Rights vary depending upon where you are and where who you enter into agreements with are located. 2. Improvisation, written, whatever all is irrelevant — it is the "fixing into set form" that is at issue. This means ANY form of fixity, be it sheet music, CD-R, tape, or digital file. The act of "fixing" it is the point of artist's rights coming in to play. (And yes, in the US if you register it with the Copyright Office you DO strengthen any possible future claims) 3. Creative Commons is NOT the same thing as "copyright" though it can function similarly. CC is a set of possible "licensing" schema that artists/creatives can use to protect the use of their intellectual property. Because there is a considerable range of things that you can decide to allow or disallow via CC, it behooves you to read up on it and Matt Davignon's link is the place to start. 4. Country of jurisdiction. Yes, I repeated it. This list is international and what people are saying is NOT globally applicable, as we can see in this thread. It's critical to understand that not all countries are signatory to the Berne Convention (as the US is) and so are not covered by it. That, of course, is one of the problems with ACTA — but that's something of a separate discussion thread. Start by finding out what international agreements your country of residence has concerning copyright and whether to not they recognize the legitimacy of the use of CC licensing. Best, Dennis http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin http://audiozoloft.com http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/ On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Petri Lahtinen <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote: > yes - the process of making something that is immaterial material. > Making records. > > 2012/1/19 Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> >> >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > "Mechanisation?" What, exactly, do you mean by this? >> >> Guess he means the process of capturing a music recording on a physical >> medium. >> >> Greetings from Sweden >> >> Per Boysen >> www.perboysen.com >> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >> > > > > -- > Petri Lahtinen > >