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By: Daniel Costalis (dcostalis) 's status on Saturday, 01-Aug-09 19:11:35 UTC - Identi.ca

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:11:43 +0000

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By: Tim Bonython

Tim Bonython — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:52:22 +0000

Hey Professor – love what I heard of yours – would love to access some of your tunes for surfing edits.

If your keen please send me a email to the above.

My vimeo file is – check it out.

http://vimeo.com/user536067/videos

Kind regards – Tim.
ps where in the world are you?

By: pancreasboy

pancreasboy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:51:27 +0000

That’s a cryin shame Professor Kliq,

I’m real keen to use “Bust This Bust That” for a animation showreel. I’ll be waiting in a cat like readiness for your update of that track!

PS: I’m also a keen toe tapper to Fatboy Slim, Dust Brothers and Beck. Throw in some Public Enemy, Gorillaz and Regurgitator and I’m set

Keep up the awesome work man!

By: Professor Kliq

Professor Kliq — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:44:34 +0000

By the way guys, you can still download all my music – for free – from http://www.nodes.fm

It’s run by a great guy and it’s not CC-exclusive, so the rules don’t apply there. Thanks for all the support! I’ll be back on Jamendo soon enough!

By: Second|naturE

Second|naturE — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:35:22 +0000

I’m happy in a way to read this. I was wondering what was going on with the such cool music I heard on Jamendo a few days ago. I went back to download it and couldn’t find it anymore and was getting resigned.

I hope you get your tunes up and running fast, in the meanwhile, could we still have the ones on Jamendo? Please…!?

By: Harald Walker

Harald Walker — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:23:53 +0000

@anon: You are partly correct. Those tracks released under CC license will keep this license – it can not be undone. But if tracks violated the copyright of others, redistributing these tracks (e.g. by uploading/sharing) would still be a copyright violation. Therefore in the interest of Jamendo and other sites they had to be removed. Hope to hear soon from Mike which tracks were safe, so that some of his great work can go back online.

By: Professor Kliq

Professor Kliq — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:35:31 +0000

My work as it’s free, so much as I know, is fine… and that was the intent all along. Though I wonder if I’ve somehow violated the CC protocol. Don’t get me wrong, I have tracks that are safe to use and I do fully intend on remaining true to CC and everything it stands for. There are just certain tracks I can’t rightfully put up as such. I didn’t know much about the concept and rules of CC when I put them up, but now I know, and I’ll work with it from here.

The music that I’ve made, whether it has samples or not, has always been in the interest of making something that gives me peace of mind… even up to my last album, these tracks weren’t made for money, it was made for fun and as an outlet, as a hobby, as a passion. I’ll never do it for any other reason. Distributing comes first, getting paid comes distant second. The little bit of money I made from Jamendo helped with little things, things that I needed… I didn’t buy a car with it, I don’t use it to pay rent in an expensive apartment… it was comperable to half of a part time job. It wasn’t much, but it was nice to know that my work was appreciated enough to generate a little revenue. But that was it.

I’m not trying to personally dick the CC Community and it’s not my intention to turn my back on it because of a rule that some people might assume that I think is “stupid” or “unfair”. Because it’s not. I completely understand which is why I’m not fighting it and it’s my full intention to cooperate and keep those in the CC community who have truly been good to me (which is everyone I’ve ever dealt with) out of trouble or even in an uneasy situation. There’s still some clean-up work to be done, but it’ll be alright. Professor Kliq has not vanished from the CC community, just taking a step back to reevaulate and make sure that I’m staying true to the CC code.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:21:45 +0000

I understand the move however music that once was CC will always be. You cannot change that. All people that downloaded your music still can upload it somewhere (archive.org, bittorrent sites etc…)

So as much as I can understand, you’re protecting jamendo, but there’s no way to “discard” what you’ve done up to now. One more reason to fight for laws that catch up with time.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:49:54 +0000

I think you should consider this a mark of success more than anything else. I know you guys understand the importance of CC, but we can’t escape the fact that a lot of the music out there just isn’t CC. Some of the samples were bound to catch up eventually. Clearing them all can be a nightmare and I’m reminded of Public Enemy’s high profile court cases over sampling in the early 90’s. Sadly music copyright law was never designed to deal with the way the technology works today, it still hasn’t caught up. Legal things can rightly be a concern but don’t let it get you down.

A lot of people will criticise this move and I can see their position to some extent but they should think about this, you’re protecting Jamendo. A community we all love. A situation has arisen that could be difficult for them, not by design but by accident. Makes sense to take measures now to avoid problems, for both parties. Good luck with getting the stuff remixed and back up onto Jamendo, I know it’s a lot of work but I appreciate it. Keep making music, keep having fun. Good things will come

Dan,
ratholeradio.org

By: Daniel Costalis (dcostalis) 's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-09 00:03:44 UTC - Identi.ca

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:03:57 +0000

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