Category Archives: General Discussion

Copyright Questions by the Truck Load

By Rob Linton on August 21, 2008

Janko Roettgers blogged about this German gem on p2p-blog.com:
German avant-garde musician Johannes Kreidler has composed a song that quotes from 70,200 other musical works in merely 33 seconds. Did I mention he’s an avant-garde musician? In any case, he’s trying to be a good citizen and properly report all of the songs he used to [...]

Also posted in Microformat and Mark-up

Reusing Content: Derivative Work vs. Modified Work

By David Gratton on August 20, 2008

What constitutes a derivative work?
The US Copyright Office states:

A typical example of a derivative work [..] is primarily a new work but incorporates some previously published material. This previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the copyright law. To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to [...]

Also posted in Creative Commons, Ethical Reuse, Licensing & Attribution
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