I think the ability to search by license would make sampling for the new contest a lot easier…

I agree. Not just for the contest, but in general, some of us are particular about the details of the licenses, so we only want to work with certain license specifications (e.g. Share-Alike)

Limiting the actual search by license is certainly a decent feature, I’ll toss it into the feature wish list.

Meanwhile you can Browse based on license

Start with ‘Browse Tags’ on the left
Click on ‘Turn System tags on’
(the actual link is http://ccmixter.org/media/t...)

Then click on tags like ‘attribution’ or ‘non_commercial’ etc.

we don’t use the Sampling or SA for new material here anymore because the lawyers told me that you can’t mix those sources in new remixes — which, uh, kind of defeats the purpose of a remix site.

But there are 100s of remixes that use Magnatune as source material and all of that is by-nc-sa.

Quote: Limiting the actual search by license is certainly a decent feature, I’ll toss it into the feature wish list.

Meanwhile you can Browse based on license

Start with ‘Browse Tags’ on the left
Click on ‘Turn System tags on’
(the actual link is http://ccmixter.org/media/t...)

then click on tags like ‘attribution’ or ‘non_commercial’ etc.

we don’t use the sampling or sa for new material here anymore because the lawyers told me that you can’t mix those sources in new remixes — which, uh, kind of defeats the purpose of a remix site.

but there are 100s of remixes that use magnatune as source material and all of that is by-nc-sa.

do i understand you to be saying that your lawyer told you that you can’t use by-sa material in a remix? that seems very strange to me. i don’t see why you couldn’t. it would just mean that the remix would also have to be by-sa. at least that’s how i figure it. could someone clarify?

btw, thanks for the hint on how to browse by license. i would like to have it so that you can specify the licenses you are interested in in your profile and then have the site only show you material that matches your interests.

all the best,

drew
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Tings. A BY-SA novel written for NaNoWriMo 2005.

I am not a lawyer and anything I say in this or any other context should not be taken as legal advice or legal anything for that matter.

I would hope you can you use SA in remixes, I’ve put out dozens, including for commercial use.

my understanding is that sharealike limits what can and can not be "mixed" together — the term in that conversation was "licesne compatibility" (I think) — after that there was a decision to use the most flexible licenses possible on this site in order to prevent remixers from stumbling into "incompatible" (i.e. illegal) remixes. There are still major issues with the Sampling licensed content here on the site that we are still trying to work out a year after we started using them — the By and BY-NC choice is our way to keep things running as smoothly and simply as possible on the site.

Hope that helps,
VS

Quote: My understanding is that ShareAlike limits what can and can not be "mixed" together — the By and BY-NC choice is our way to keep things running as smoothly and simply as possible on the site.

Hope that helps,
VS

Share alike does limit things. It is a limit that I like though.

BY and BY-SA would be two that would work together just fine as well.

NC is in my humble opinion a very dangerous option. I have seen something recently indicating that a for profit concern can never legally use NC works no matter the commercial or non-commercial uses they put them to.

If thta is right, a band that is incorporated could never legall use NC works for any purpose if I catch what was being said.

all the best,

drew

ps. I don’t give legal advice either.