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CBC Bans Use of Creative Commons Music On Podcasts
An anonymous reader writes "The producers of the popular CBC radio show Spark have revealed (see the comments) that the public broadcaster has banned programs from using Creative Commons licenced music on podcasts. The decision is apparently the result of restrictions in collective agreements the CBC has with some talent agencies. In other words, groups are actively working to block the use of Creative Commons licenced alternatives in their contractual language. It is enormously problematic to learn that our public broadcaster is blocked from using music alternatives that the creators want to make readily available. The CBC obviously isn't required to use Creative Commons licenced music, but this highlights an instance where at least one of its programs wants to use it and groups that purport to support artists' right to choose the rights associated with their work is trying to stop them from doing so."
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It would be illegal if the CBC did NOT have this policy. See, their PodCasts are ad supported. Almost all CC music forbids commercial use. The CBC has said that you cannot use music that forbids commercial use, because even though the podcasts are free, they are sometimes distributed via ad supported rotations. Slashdot, of course, went the same rout it always goes with news: Outright lies. If these artists wanted their music used on the radio without compensation, they would have released it under a more permissive license. But, they don't, and the CBC is enforcing their wishes.
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How did this even get to insightful? Even the bureaucratic handlers are liberal appointees. You want to whine, try blaming them for 20 years of mismanagement.
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And the Sherman Act, part of U.S.C. 15, limits the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation how, exactly?
I wasn't replying to the grandparent.