Posted by PTravel on 01/11/06 15:16

"James" <muzician21@xyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> > "Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
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> > > Also do a search on the public commons. You will find an increasing
> > > diversity of music, images, film available for free use. Check also
> > > www.archive.org.
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> > Be very, very, very careful if you are going to use Public Commons,
> Copyleft
> > or similar "open" licensed music in your video. The terms of these
> licenses
> > frequently restrict, severely, your ability to retain ownership of, and
> > control, the protectable expression that you have created.
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> Can you elaborate on this?

I won't elaborate too much. There are a number of schemes around that are
variations on Open Source and the idea that otherwise protected expression
should be freely available. Many of these make material available for use
under a conditional license that may require, among other things, that any
work that uses the material to, itself, be made openly available under the
same terms.

Any time you use material that is provided subject to license, you should
make sure you understand exactly what you are agreeing to.


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