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So, this is more of a question than anything. I have been accruing some music I've written, performed and recorded. I'm finishing mixing and mastering the tracks and it is now the time to see about releasing the stuff.
The thing is that I want to do the release as Creative Commons and let people donate what they want. I was thinking of going to Bandcamp since they allow this. But then, some doubts came along. Is that all? I post it online, with a tag saying "some rights reserved" and that's all? Or should I consider something else?
Mind you, this geminaut comes from Spain, so... US law or some other place might not be as useful... but offers some guidance in how things work "in general".
Oct 10 · 2 months ago · 👍 HanzBrix
🎵 alice-sur-le-nuage · Oct 10 at 21:04:
You don't even need a notice, you work is protected by copyright by default. Though it's probably better with a notice as not everyone might know that ! If you want to protect your work, more important is being able to prove you created it - e.g. if someone copies it and claims it was theirs and you're the one who copied it. Something like Bandcamp might (and I say might, you should check with them) be able to prove when you upload something - you wouldn't have that protection on a personal website. Having said all that - unless you're prepared to pay lawyers in case of infringement, there's not much you can do, so it's not really worth worrying about in the first instance!
Similarly to software, stamping a license or a short statement next to your work is enough. For example, "(C) <Author name> <year[s]> Released under the <CC-license>". This is what we did with our music when released to our Gemini capsule under the CC-BY-SA.
🦉 ResetReboot [OP] · Oct 20 at 11:03:
Thank you folks, this has been quite enlightening. There's a lot you can find about copyright in the US, but it is a bit lacking for the EU (at least, that I could find!).