I’m very interested in doing my next release through the CCmixter, i’m a little confused though.
thoughts: I noticed that Calender girl has released her remixes on CDbaby with their digital partners. This means that the remixes are available through i-tunes and all the regular DRM stores. how are these commercial revenues going to be distributed to those that contributed to the remixes if they are not members of a rights organization. i know its only a couple of cents most likely, yet is it important to have these things sorted out within the mixter?
has ccmixter worked out a deal with CDbaby? has calender girl worked out a deal with each remixer and CC mixter? what of the commercial rights to the sounds within the mixter?
what i would like to do with my next recording i release is possibly this: i would give my songs to the CCmixter under a CC BY license. then i would like to buy the right not to have to attribute the artist and use the sounds within the recording and be able to do as i choose with the song, yet at the same time not limit the artist to release the recording they used with the song.
when a song is published through the rights organizations, the song is divided up into 2 parts. melody and words. technically a songwriter is able to release a recording and claim all publishing rights to the recording mixed on CC mixter under this system. i don’t really think this is fair, as the re-mixers have not been paid. unless the artist that is releasing the recording sets up a publishing company and distributes fairly. what is the result? would it not be best for CC mixter to have a publishing arm?
i’m keen to know how CC mixter is dealing with these issues? even when an artist puts a remix licensed with a non-commercial license on myspace, they are technically in violation of NC conditions (from some aspects). Myspace take the artists rights and gain advertising revenue.
ASCAP is the only rights organization that allows foreign artists deal with their rights as they choose. ASCAP divides royalties into 50 percent publisher and 50 percent artist.
I noticed that Calender girl is a member of member of PRS (Performing Right Society) in the UK. UK rights organizations do not allow the use of creative commons licenses.
Its possible for artists of most rights organizations to transfer their membership to ascap.
if artists that released through the mixtr commercially were asked to transfer membership to a rights organization that allowed the use of creative commons licenses, this would bring attention to the issue of artists rights.
http://www.iarts.CC
