KODA Extends CC License Support to All Members
February 4, 2008 – 8:04 pm by Thomas GideonI wrote last week about KODA, the Danish royalty collecting society, allowing Tone and her label, Urlyd, to release her new album, Small Arm of Sea, under a CC license without having to forego royalty collection for radio play. Traditionally, collecting societies have refused to collect for works artists wish to release using any kind open or free licenses like Creative Commons.
I speculated that the label, Urlyd, was the real driver behind this experiment, based on the tone and content of their press release. I also predicted that Urlyd would expand this experiment to include more of their artists.
I am happy to report I was wrong. The Creative Commons blog reports that KODA is extending support for CC licenses to all of its members. Only the collecting societies in The Netherlands have done this before. The only stipulation KODA is placing on the offer is that the CC licenses must including the non-commercial (NC) condition. This makes sense and reinforces my point that there is plenty of room for everyone to benefit for these sorts of dual commercial/non-commercial licensing arrangements.
