On 09/13/2013 01:58 PM, Jim Thaxter wrote: > I would be interested to know the purpose of licensing a dance. Speaking > just for myself (although I assume a lot of other amateur choreographers do > the same thing), I write a few dances mostly for my own amusement, but > don't intend to ever publish them. I'm pretty sure there is a very limited > (nonexistent?) market for new dances. I'm happy to have other people call > my dances if they think the dances are worthy.
I completely agree with you, and I think most choreographers probably feel the same way. It's culturally accepted (at least in the contra dance community, I can't speak for MWSD, ECD, etc.) to share dances, but legally you're still infringing on someone elses copyright by calling their dances. Of course, since no one cares (in fact, they probably _want_ you to call their dances), you're not likely to be sued for it. It's just nice to be exact about these sorts of things and let people know exactly what you feel is fair use of your work. > Are you familiar with the dance called "Steal This Dance?" An open > invitation. I'm not familiar with that at all; fantastic title (`Steal this Book' is pretty fantastic, I'm glad to know there's a dance with a similar name). In the spirit of the title, would you care to make a new topic and post it here? —Sam P.S. Don Veino's thread `Norms/Ethics of Dance Choreography Sharing' might be a better place to discuss this sort of thing; this thread's topic is about actual dances that have a copyleft license applied to them. Thanks! -- Sam Whited pub 4096R/EC2C9934 https://samwhited.com/contact
