Open license PROHIBITED at CBC.

[Eliot Frost]

Or not:


>
> The issue with our use of Creative Commons music is that a lot of our
> content is readily available on a multitude of platforms, some of which are
> deemed to be “commercial” in nature (e.g. streaming with pre-roll ads, or
> pay for download on iTunes) and currently the vast majority of the music
> available under a Creative Commons license prohibits commercial use.
>
> ...
>
> Everyone can rest easy-- there are no “groups” setting out to stop the use
> of Creative Commons music at the CBC, and we will continue to use Creative
> Commons licensed music, pictures etc. across a number of our non-commercial
> platforms.
>

They actually just aren't allowed to use CC music, so they don't. Seems
straightforward to me. If you don't license non-commercial, they can use it.
Easy.

Eliot

On 8 October 2010 23:29, Richard Weait <richard-gNTHUr35LhcAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Want to meet the next open licensing issue?  Here you go.
>
> "Hi, Matt. You're not looking in the wrong place. There's simply no
> Creative Commons music used in this episode. By management decree, CBC
> podcasts are no longer permitted to use CC music. "
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/10/spark-122-october-3-6-2010/#comment-26550
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