EFF Releases Public Music License to Promote Audio Freedom
Artists and Audiences Strike New Deal to Protect Public Commons
For Immediate Release - April 21, 2001
Contact:
Robin Gross, EFF Staff Attorney for Intellectual Property,
+1 415-863-5459
robinATeff.org
New York -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) introduced a new
tool designed to empower both artists and audiences at the New York
Music & Internet Expo on April 21, 2001. As part of its Campaign for
Audiovisual Free Expression (CAFE), EFF's Open Audio License allows
anyone to freely copy, share, perform, and adapt music in exchange for
providing credit to the artist for her gift to humanity.
EFF's Open Audio License enables musicians and society to build upon
and share creative expression creating a rich public commons. Artists
who chose to release a song under the public license can build their
reputation by offering unfettered access to their orginal works in
exchange for recognition. Open Audio works are designated as "(O)" by
the author and may be lawfully traded on file-sharing systems such as
Napster or played by traditional and Web DJs royalty-free. Numerous
musicians have traditionally taken advantage of super-distribution of
their music, such as the Grateful Dead, a band that attributes much of
its success to its encouragement of fans to freely copy and share
their music.
"EFF's Open Audience License hopes to use the power of copyright to
protect copyright's ultimate objectives a vibrant and accessible
public domain, incentivising creativity, and promoting the free
exchange of ideas," said EFF Staff Attorney for Intellectual Property
Robin Gross. "EFF's public music license strikes a new deal between
creators and the public, granting more freedoms to the public to
experience music while ensuring the artist is compensated."
The online civil liberties group launched CAFE in June 1999 to address
complex social and legal issues raised by new technological measures
for protecting intellectual property. EFF believes that new
intellectual property laws and technologies harm - nearly eliminate -
the public's fair use rights, and make criminals of people doing
perfectly legitimate things.
To read EFF's Open Audio License & supporting documents, see:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses
For more information on EFF's CAFE campaign, see:
http://www.eff.org/cafe
About EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil
liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world.
Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and
government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the
information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most linked-to Web sites in the world:
http://www.eff.org
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