On 01/03/10 11:22, Ian Forrester wrote: > Your right about the lawyers. As default they suggest you would be a mug to > give away any part of the rights. > In my experience there are very, very few lawyers who can help work through more creative models. I've even been surprised by some of the lawyers working for organizatons/projects who should know better. Protecting against the risk of loss is deeply ingrained, opening up to opportunities for gain is an alien way of thinking.
> I know I'm slightly bias but can I suggest http://free-culture.cc/ the book > to anyone interested in how complex rights can get. > I'd also recommend "Promises To Keep", which Lessig refers to in that book. It's a very detailed illustration of the precise flow of rights and values in the (US) music industry. This is what any new system would replace. > When started R&DTV, we took the stance of not using anything BBC pretty much, > just in case there might be a contract or licence which held us from > releasing the footage. Its like tip toeing in a live minefield. > My mother wanted a DVD of "The Rock and Roll Years" for her birthday recently and I had to explain why it was incredibly unlikely that one would be available... > I do wish we were more enlightened about remix/free culture but the fact > remains to most of the rights holders that all this is hippy nonsense unless > its proven that they can make more revenue from giving away part of the > rights. > I've worked on several projects devoted to doing just that. It's a struggle but we're learning more and more about both how to structure the project and how to keep all the stakeholders on board when their lawyers panic the day before the launch. ;-) - Rob. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
