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CC - Sampling Plus 1.0 - remixes/derivates for commercial purpose?

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  1. Ano
    Member

    Hello,

    I searched through the faq, but didn´t really found an answer for my problem. I got the task to create a sound logo for our commercial project. Yeah it will get even tv and radio ads so there will be a commercial use of the sound logo.

    I would like to create the sound logo with samples from a website wich hosts the works under the CC - Sampling Plus 1.0 license.
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/

    Ok so I take two or more sound effects and mix, alter them together. Both sounds are under this license. In the end I created a new work, so I can put it under a new license like "reserved all rights"? The soundlogo will consit after a bunch of instrumental notes wich where all published under this license. I don´t only let them "play in a row" I also heavly overlap two or more (so I mix something new out of it).

    First of there are two things unclear for me:

    # You may not use this work to advertise for or promote anything but the work you create from it.

    Wich work? An audio work or is my product allowed. I programed in a team on the product!

    # For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.

    #Attribute

    Hell. How should I do those two things? In every commercial tv ad? On the products website? I don´t have something like credits in the program for sure. The only thing that lies under a CC license would be just this soundlogo.

    I´m really thankful for some help. thx in advice

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. mlinksva
    Mike Linksvayer

    Re which work, the work that is a derivative of the sampling+ work, ie the audio itself, not your software.

    If you're creating an ad you may want to look for something licensed under BY or BY-SA (but maybe not this unless you're willing to put your whole ad under BY-SA) or in the public domain, or negotiate a private permission.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Ano
    Member

    The problem is that I have some time pressure on the project. There is no time to search for another source under different license. The samples that I have right now are really what I need for working.

    I know that I could ask the creators for the license, but there is no time for it now and somehow it´s an unsure thing for me. I don´t know how I can be sure that he gave the rights to me.

    That´s why I´m asking if there is a way of legalization or if mixing together things give me a new license with new rights, wich maybe allow ads.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. mlinksva
    Mike Linksvayer

    Ano, sorry, not that I know of -- unless your use is so small or so transformative that it would be considered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use in which case you don't need a license at all.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. Ano
    Member

    Ah ok thank you. Than I´ll just use the examples for a beta. A proffessional will recreate the soundfile with his own instruments and tools. I guess that won´t be a problem because the samples I use are only tones like A, C etc. Nobody can held an overall license on a single tone? =P

    Posted 1 year ago #

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