I am interested in knowing if there have actually been any incidents in the past where a dance was used in an "illegal" way - that is to say, a dance was used, copied, called, distributed, etc, without express consent of the author - and how it was ultimately resolved. I know that I've called many dances that have been written by other authors without said author knowing I exist. Some of my dances have been distributed without my knowledge (or my permission). I don't really care about that - those dances were written to be distributed and enjoyed. Should I care? What am I being protected from if I license or copyright my dances? What am I at risk from if I don't?
Perry ________________________________ From: Jim Thaxter <[email protected]> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances licensed with CC or similar 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. Are you familiar with the dance called "Steal This Dance?" An open invitation. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Sam Whited <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all: > > Does anyone here know of any dances that are licensed under an open > (free as in freedom) license or have fallen into the public domain (it's > hard to find dates for a lot of older dances)? > > I'm already using a few of Seth Tepfer's dances which are licensed under > a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0) license [1] (Thanks Seth; I owe you a > beer or something!) and wondered if anyone else had licensed their > dances in a similar fashion? > > I know that most callers don't mind if people include their dances in > non-commercial teaching materials or call them at dances (implicit CC > licensing is sort of ingrained in the culture), but I'd like to stick > with things that are verifiably in the public domain or have explicitly > been released under a CC or similar license. > > These would be used as example dances in the typesetting project that I > mentioned recently (which will hopefully be published sometime next week). > > Thanks, > Sam > > P.S. I always wonder why more callers don't do this; lack of knowledge > that such things exist? > P.P.S. As a matter of public record: All of my dances are _always_ > released under CC BY-NC 3.0 license unless otherwise marked or stated. I > also waive the noncommercial restriction for the purpose of calling them > at a dance. > > > [1]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > -- > Sam Whited > pub 4096R/EC2C9934 > https://samwhited.com/contact > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
