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Re: Copyright of uploaded music?

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:52 pm
by wolftune
aprzekaz wrote:I suppose I shall choose CC0. This is partly because of my laziness as I won't have the energy or interest to police anyone for using it however they choose. A related note is I will probably take little action in promoting my own work and so it will not likely reach an audience anyways without the initiative of someone else. My choice also comes partly from my ideals as I agree that most or all artistic works (definitely all of mine) are derivative. Hek I'll even use samples without permission if I can get away with it. The jazz musician in me philosophizes that art never truly belongs to anyone (not even it's creator(s)). Furthermore, the only time one has any degree of control over their art is in the moment of creation. I am not a marxist although I once read some Marx. I do tend to lean libertarian sometimes. I don't know about capitalism. I do believe in the free trade of goods and services. I am a semi-professional drummer and I often trade my services for money and even food. When I do a recording session I never get a writing credit and I don't think a drum beat can even be copyrighted for that matter. All that said, if somehow a piece of music I made became widely popular I would probably feel upset if someone else took the credit. But I would be glad that it was popular anyways.
That's a superb and nice personal summary! :D

I should clarify one thing for you: CC0 doesn't require that people attribute you, but it still doesn't endorse fraud. Plagiarism, the saying that you made something someone else made, is not related to copyright really. All art is derivative, but you still make a particular instance of it. It's one thing to not publicly identify all your sources and inspirations, but that's no huge deal. Claiming you made something someone else made is lying, i.e. fraud. Anyone who claims they need copyright because they don't want plagiarism is misunderstanding the issues. Copyright violation happens all the time even when full credit is given, and plagiarism can happen without any copyright violation.