This is the slide deck featured in a webinar put on by Cheyenne, current Director at the Free Music Archive, and her guest Eric Steuer from Creative Commons. The webinar is on the FMA YouTube channel.
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Using the Free Music Archive: A Guide For Musicians with Creative Commons expert Eric Steuer
1. SONGS ON THE FMA:
REMIX, REUSE,
RECYCLE
Brought to you by the FMA & Creative
Commons
2. The Free Music Archive
Started as a repository for free & Creative
Commons-licensed music, including live
recordings and Public Domain tracks
Affiliated with and founded by WFMU
3. Creative Commons
Established in 2001
Offers custom licenses to add to copyrighted
work
CC licenses act as an addendum to copyright,
not as an exception to it
4. AGENDA
Finding tracks
Understanding Creative Commons
licenses
Using songs in projects
Sharing work with FMA & CC
Communities
18. Contacting an artist
Do a web search
Look for website listed & search for “Contact”
Look for “Email this artist” button/contact link
on an artist page:
23. What are Creative Commons
licenses?
Creative Commons licenses are simple,
standardized legal tools that creators can use
to grant copyright permissions to their work.
24. What are Creative Commons
licenses?
When you see a creative work online that is
marked with a Creative Commons license, you
know that its creator has offered it to the public
for certain types of free use.
25. Creative Commons
There are six different Creative Commons
licenses. Each one has different conditions.
Which license a creator chooses will depend
on how they want to share their work.
26. Creative Commons
There is no registration to use the Creative
Commons licenses. Licensing a work is as
simple as selecting which of the six licenses
best meets your goals, and then marking your
work in some way so that others know that you
have chosen to release the work under the
terms of that license.
41. Podcasting with songs from FMA
Webcasts – all songs on FMA are cleared for
free download, use in podcasts and webcasts,
and for noncommercial radio broadcasts.
When in doubt, ask.
42. Podcasting with songs from FMA
Webcasts – all songs on FMA are cleared for
free download, use in podcasts and webcasts,
and for noncommercial radio programs.
Attribution is required for all Creative
Commons work.
43. Podcasting with songs from FMA
Webcasts – all songs on FMA are cleared for
free download, use in podcasts and webcasts,
and for noncommercial radio programs.
Attribution is required for all Creative
Commons work.
Songs on FMA may not be ‘radio friendly’ in
terms of language.
44. Remixing songs from FMA
Depends on the license
Unless specified, tracks are available as
complete pieces (which can be sampled). FMA
does not specifically host packs of individual
tracks, stems, etc.
45. Covering Songs from FMA
Artists retain copyright over their works.
Creative Commons licenses grant some
permissions.
If in doubt, contact the artist.
46. FMA-specific licenses
FMA Download-Only
You are free to stream, download, copy, store
and reproduce this work as reasonably
necessary for your personal, noncommercial
use. You may not alter, perform, adapt or
otherwise redistribute the work under any
conditions.
47. AGENDA
Finding songs
Understanding Creative Commons
licenses
Using songs in projects
Sharing work with FMA & CC
Communities
49. 1. Send us an email.
musicsubmissions (at) freemusicarchive (dot)
org
Send us a link to the work you would like to
share. Streaming services preferred.
List 3-5 of your best/recommended tracks;
what you might like to use as a first impression
of your work
50. 2. Choose a license for your
work.
Review licenses at
creativecommons.org/licenses or
creativecommons.org/choose/
Choose the one that fits your needs best.
Include a link to the license, or indicate your
preference for FMA-Only, Public Domain/CC0,
Art Libre, etc.
51. 3. Tell us if you’re here already.
Include your FMA Username (if you've already
signed up).
Let us know if an FMA curator has showcased
your work in the past.
52. 4. Do some reading
Review our Upload Policy and make sure your
music is a good fit.
Quality mp3s ready to roll
Original work that you can license how you
want
53. 5. Sit tight!
Our curators will review your work (we get a lot
of stuff to review constantly) and will be in
touch regarding how to move forward.
54. Other places to share work
Archive.org
Jamendo
ccMixter
Bandcamp
Soundcloud
When you see a creative work online that is marked with a Creative Commons license, you know that its creator has offered it to the public for certain types of free use. And typically speaking, you’ll know that a work is licensed under a Creative Commons license because it has an icon like the ones here, or it says “licensed under a Creative Commons license,” etc.
This is HTML code that has embedded metadata about the work (who it’s authored by, CC license status, etc.).
Here are the four different conditions that make up the various Creative Commons licenses.
All CC licenses require attribution.
A work with the attribution condition alone allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit in the manner specified
The Noncommercial condition lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform the work for noncommercial purposes only.
The author retains the commercial rights.
Users may still request to use the work commercially, which may cost money.
This is a good time to talk about the fact that Creative Commons licenses are non-exclusive:
+++Licensors always have the option of entering into separate arrangements for the sharing of their material in addition to applying a CC license.
You may offer the licensed material under other licenses in addition to the CC license (a practice commonly referred to as "dual licensing"). For example, you may wish to license a video game soundtrack under both a CC license and the GPL, so that it may be used under either set of terms. A reuser may then choose which set of terms to comply with. Or, for example, you may offer your material to the public under a NonCommercial license, but offer commercial permissions to fee-paying customers.
The No Derivatives condition allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works based upon it.
For the purposes of CC licenses, syncing music in timed-relation with a moving image is a derivative work.
Allows others to distribute derivative works only under a license that is the same as, or compatible with, the license that governs the work.
This is the only license term that mandates the new work be placed into the commons.
You can also use CC to waive all your copyrights to a work. CC0 is a legal and technical tool that enables this. (It is a waiver, not a license.)
Here’s an example of a song page on the Free Music Archive that’s marked with a Creative Commons license.
Here’s that example again of a song that’s marked with a Creative Commons license.
Click that icon and you’re brought to the “Human Readable Deed” – a webpage that tells you clearly and concisely what you can and can’t do with that song.
“Lawyer Readable” Legal Code
This is HTML code that has embedded metadata about the work (who it’s authored by, CC license status, etc.).