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CC licences for artists, musicians and performers
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| Parikrama, a blues-band based in India, Photo credit: Taruntej, by Taruntej |
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This is a very interesting node. I feel that CC licences can be useful for budding artists and performers, who generally do not make a lot on the occasion of their first releases.
This gives them a two-fold advantage. Their music is distributed freely by enthusiasts legally over the Internet and they get proper attribution for their work. To such a degree, they would be able to beckon a felicitous audience when a concert is organised in places where appreciation was acknowledged.
For Free Culture enthusiasts who are artists and vice-versa (and especially in India) CC licences would make a lot of sense since most of the distributed music is pirated, and artists tend to earn their living by collecting remuneration from distributors and organisers for concerts and other promotional acts. Moreover, music and performances distributed by fans openly and without any restraints would reach a wider audience than music distributed underground.
This is one of the many ways with which Free Culture promotes art and aids talent to bloom into the proverbial butterfly that flaps its wings and starts off a tidal wave of fans and aficionados, who would not have had access to the music had it been copyrighted!
Parikrama, at it's inception, claimed to be the first Indian rock band. Unfortunately, they were unaware of Creative Commons or Nitin Malik wouldn't have bellowed, "Pirate our music!" to the huge congregation of fans, instead he would have CC-licensed it.
Due to their largely liberal attitude towards the copying and distributing of their work, Parikrama gained immense popularity within a short span of time. They have more than 100 catalogued concerts every year, both nationally and internationally.
tags: ahmedabad india culture music artists performers
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