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October 20, 2010
I started on the road towards finding some solution to the awkward license that Beatpick.com created without my permission, for use of song in fox film, the x-files i want to believe.
The main problem is that EMI music publishing think they own part of the song and Beatpick did not license them in, ontop of that Beatpick decided to create a license that would give nothing for all the DVD pressing of the song to DVD. The song at the end of the film gets paid for mechanical rights (DVD pressings), yet i don’t. Its amazing Fox films in some instances collects for the use of my song being pressed to DVD through the rights organizations, for instances where Mechanical rights have to be paid by law. SESAM in france.
Anyway, I contacted the organization that Beatpick lists in their contract for arbitration, Music Industry Association in the UK. I assumed that Beatpick music must be a member. Anyway the organization contacted me back, to tell me that they deal in musical instruments. MIA contacted Beatpick and since then Beatpick have taken their name from their website. The name still exists in their contract though
I’m wondering if this is enough to make their contract not valid. The law is kind of specific, from some views. Now i have to go direct to the lawyer. As soon as i pay a lawyer, i have to start paying. Lawyers don’t work for free.
Free-culture labels, end up being not much better than any other aspect of the music industry, that is the ones with focus on bottom line profits, and no concern for what the artist wants. I like the creative commons licenses, as they allow people to share stuff. Yet if Beatpick is example of business models that start to arrive as a result of the license, its kind of ironic.
Community based projects where people want to share music, getting around laws built for corporations, the license works fine.
Tags:free, free-culture, beatpick, x-files, fox films, lessig, unfair use of music, mechanical rights, what is a, Davide d'Atri, beatpick_creative_commons, what is free, free art and music
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June 14, 2010
I wrote this for creative commons forum
Hi Forum,
At the moment i’m exploring possibilities of making the tunes i make free in Europe to spaces that don’t have a licensing agreement with local rights organization for “live” performance.
Why did i join ASCAP, when my works were free? a song was used in a major film, rather than joining with an exclusive contract for use of works, i went with ASCAP. ASCAP and BMI contract are non-exclusive.
Anyway: Its possible to license what “you” create freely and be a member of ASCAP, however i don’t see that any creative commons license presented to ASCAP would be recognized (unless backed up in conjunction with the artist) with info ASCAP ask for.
Here is what ASCAP ask for from the artist..
“when performing your songs in an unlicensed venue send myself the following details: the name and address of the venue, the length of the license and the song titles included in the license.”
The problems with ASCAP for artists out of the US, i have found so far are.. ASCAP offer no legal advice.. If you want to collect all your royalties, you have to make a company, as the royalty is divided up 50 to writer and 50 to publisher. This is not the way the system is in Europe or Australia.
When artists make what they create free and don’t join ASCAP/BMI and what they create is used in a commercial context, a fee is being paid. Its a weird situation, sure if your works are not in the system then the rights organizations have no means to collect, yet if they are being used, how does that make the situation?
also: If you have a co-write partners that have made songs under exclusive conditions, it further complicates the situation. As its not just upto those co-writers, its also upto the rights organization, and also any publisher that they might be affiliated with.
Hope this post helps out somehow..
also.. note, when i say free, i mean free in the context as me being able to negotiate my public performance rights with-out a third party such as OSA, APRA, ASCAP, SABAM being involved. In the context of small tea house, a direct license works.
Tags:apra, ascap, creative commons, dealing directly with the space, direct license, free, free music, music, osa, sabam
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February 2, 2010
I watched the Tudors season 3 for “free” at BIOOKO cinema, sponsored by HBO cable channel. Its called an historical fiction at this link , i figured that though, although a lot seemed partly true. I watched the period of Henry the 8th. H8 re-wrote the lords pray, cut 2 of his 6 wives heads off, and also had his main minster executed, Thomas Cromwell. Created the Church of England, made himself head of that, in doing so dissolved the influence of the Catholic church.
copyright
My friend from Germany said that its not possible to have a festival of TV series (in theater), as film is licensed differently to that of TV, every part of the series would need a new release from all its creators, i figured that’s why the series was free. Maybe the cinema used a different license for this one off broadcast, regular public license, some as a pub/cafe, maybe? HBO logo was in the right hand corner of the screen, through-out the screening. anyway: I like the BIOOKO cinema, its got an upstairs that has standard seating, downstairs are different kinds of chairs scattered radomly, lounges style, beach chairs.
Anyway, to keep my blog active, i thought to write something about what i watch in the cinema, stops me getting so lazy, and gets me reading the wiki pages, or bits of them, at least.
Tags:bioko.net, Catholic church, free, HBO, henry the VIII, Thomas_Cromwell
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September 1, 2008
Walk the Streets large mp3 12.3 meg
Walk The Streets BY Jamison Young 84.3 meg .wav file
Walk The Streets 7.2 meg ogg file
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I walked the main street past the cinema
Walked through the pool hall lookin’ for a perfect place
I walked the main street, the outer suburb
Eyes alive yet nowhere to go
Shadows, breathe, rain does flow
Neon lights, empty streets
Like a current, I was drawn
I walked the streets until the soles of my feet were beat
Lights flicker, ghosts walk, walked to the station
Trains didn’t go, traffic lights went yet no cars drive
Further, further out I must climb
I walked the streets until the soles of my feet were beat
I walked the streets until the soles of my feet were beat
Go walk the streets until the soles of my feet are dead
Go walk the streets until the soles of my feet are dead
Rollin’, rollin’ down thunder from the sky
Dogs did bark as I walk, cold to my bones
Steps did echo, light was bent, time was still, the mist moved in
Movin’ my mind in its twisted vault
Further, further out I must go
I walked the streets until the soles of my feet were beat
The suburbs frozen, moon was lost, sheets of rain, nowhere to go
I walked the streets until the soles of my feet were beat (x3)
Go walk the streets until the soles of my feet are dead (x10)
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September 1, 2008
Solar System Jamison Young large mp3 12.3 meg
Solar System By Jamison Young 47.4 meg .wav file
Solar System 4.1 meg ogg file
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I don’t feel like I’m really me no more
They pulled me apart to see how I worked
Pulled it all apart, so put me back together
Solar system..
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Nothing can touch you where you are
On the ground and on the cloud
Wrong way ’round, try again, try again
Solar system..
(Nothing can touch you where you are)
Solar system..
Feel like grey space, oceans of blue
Sinking into the quicksand, the fog of you
Brings me down, what do I feel
If I fight the way, I’m mad
If I fight the way, I’m mad
If I fight
Solar system..
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day to live and cry
Beyond the dream and in the sky
A perfect day
(The way that can be spoken is not the way
The way of heaven benefits and does not harm
The sage is bountiful and does not contend)
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September 1, 2008
Carry The World Jamison Young large mp3 10.3 meg
Carry The World By Jamison 45.4 meg .wav file
Carry The World 4.2 meg ogg file
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I carry the world, I think about you
I really want to change and bring about me
All I do is worry, carry all these chains
I carried it home, home from school
When I left the place I carried it to
I carried it ’round like a ball and chain
All of these things don’t make me feel great
I carried it to the buddha, I didn’t let go
I carried it overseas, I thought it would float
I carried it so much, I thought I was strong
I carried and carried, I carried so long
I carried it up mountains so I could look down
I carried it beneath so I was all around
I clung to my carriage, my mission to carry
I carried and carried, I carried so long
I carried it over bridges ’til they burnt down
I carried it through the desert
I carried it through the clouds
I carried it to places no-one would go
I carried it up streams and I walked it down roads
Tags:carry the world, cc, CC-live, creative commons, drm-free, efn-music, free, free-music-radio, free-software-music, music, music-for-free, open-source-artist, Royalty-Free Music, the commons
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September 1, 2008
How Far Jamison Young large mp3 8.6 meg file
How Far by Jamison Young 37.9 meg .wav file
How Far 3.5 meg ogg file
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Lyrics
Up and down the same old hill
On the train the same old crew
And I’ll be looking for a change
In the office same young lady gives a smile
And it’s off into a daze
And I’ll be looking for a change
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
I keep on wondering
What that smile means
Is it a safety zone
Or a way of seeing through
At the station
I only have loose change
I’ll be waiting for greener times
A way out of this
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
The open road
Then the risin’
All alone it’s good to be on this trip
The sand is joined to the sky it can’t break away
Ten thousand tracks
All divided in ten
Everywhere a junction
Everything everywhere
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
How far, how far, how far
Can this dreaming go
Can this dreaming go
Tags:music, free, creative commons, jamendo, uncultured, free-culture, jamison-young, Royalty-Free Music, beatpick, free music, Jamison, free-music-download, .wav, how far, .wav file, young, CC-music, uncultured-project, i-need-royalty-free-music
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March 9, 2008
Tags:antwerp, belgium, creative commons, culture, free, free-culture, organizations, rights, sabam
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March 8, 2008
Last week i was in Antwerp and interviewed Francios, shall post some bio information soon.
http://www.rawmedia.tv
Tags:antwerp, belgium, creative commons, culture, free, free-culture, organizations, rights, sabam
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January 28, 2008
On facebook they have a group saying that digital music is oil free. response:
facebook group link are they going to delete the post?
one thing that is not oil free is all the money spent on promotion of music via publishers and labels. the best thing you can do for the environment is not pay for content owned by any label or publisher and buy content put out by self publishers, that is not joined to rights organizations. so really its not true that digital music is oil free. if you don’t buy it its less oil free. yet even then maybe having that music helps that published artist sell product via use of that content. its all a scam and you label people know it in your heart. go plant a tree and be real.
Tags:art, artists, digital, exploitation, free, label, music, not, oil, publisher, scam, suxs
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November 19, 2007
response to mail thread about how to get free-culture to work.
The idea of being able to make a living through music without having a live performance aspect to the art is not so common for DIY artists. Also consider if the act is solo or with a band. Artist is in Europe, US or developing/ transforming country. So many variables, no one size fits all.
Free music distributor www.Jamendo.com has 5000 Albums on site, from April to July Jamendo made 3000 Euros for artists through advertising revenue, that was split with artists according to how much content was used. This is less than a euro an album, consider the amount of time that goes into creating that content. The contributor to the site also gets a load of banners when they visit the network. The fan has the option of giving a donation, yet few contribute. This is good distribution for the artist/band yet with no live show to go with the performance what to do ?
Tags:art, culture, developing, diy, europe, free, jamendo, pubishing, self, trabsforming, transforming, US
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October 9, 2007
In the last weeks i have been performing tunes around Europe. In my down time I visited some non-profit places/spaces to look for more shows. What i found interesting was this: more than most of the content performed in these venues is owned by publishers & most of the revenue comes directly from the government to keep these spaces open. I found it slightly ironic that the public is paying to keep a venue open that is promoting published acts.
Most large towns and cities in central europe have free-culture spaces ( non-profit organizations that provide subsidized entertainment to the public). From what I understand the better ones work this way: they have a board of directors that is made up mostly by leaders within the community. These leaders decide what projects get approved and what ones don’t. Some of the spaces are old theaters that have been updated to bar/cafe/venue-theater. Here are some links to non-profit spaces I visited. http://www.spielboden.at http://www.palace.sg http://www.denhopsack.be http://www.stadel.at
These spaces want to stay open and competitive within the community, almost all the acts/productions that they promote
none of the music/art i heard/saw in these spaces is licensed with a creative commons license. M
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