This seems to be why we are now seeing "licencses" such as this, which appears to have the soul purpose of allowing college kids to repackage someone elses hard work, and then defend their theft under the banner of "Free Speech".
I'm not clear on why you consider this license to be promoting theft. There's nothing forcing anyone to use this license, so I assume that anyone who uses it is explicitly stating that copying as permitted by the license does not constitute theft. As a musician, I was already planning to start releasing things under terms like these so that my position would be made clear. Of course, I could also release some stuff under the new license and some under a more traditional, restricted license if I chose to do so.
The useful thing about the EFF's license to me is that, if I release music under this license, it is that much more likely that any given person will have heard it and know who created it, and so might like it and pay to come to performances (and possibly buy things at those performances).
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This seems to be why we are now seeing "licencses" such as this, which appears to have the soul purpose of allowing college kids to repackage someone elses hard work, and then defend their theft under the banner of "Free Speech". I'm not clear on why you consider this license to be promoting theft. There's nothing forcing anyone to use this license, so I assume that anyone who uses it is explicitly stating that copying as permitted by the license does not constitute theft. As a musician, I was already planning to start releasing things under terms like these so that my position would be made clear. Of course, I could also release some stuff under the new license and some under a more traditional, restricted license if I chose to do so. The useful thing about the EFF's license to me is that, if I release music under this license, it is that much more likely that any given person will have heard it and know who created it, and so might like it and pay to come to performances (and possibly buy things at those performances).