[rfu-automation] Licensing of shows at the IMC for broadcast on WRFU

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

I've talked with several of you previously about the importance of  
getting permission from artists we plan to simulcast on WRFU - and  
especially of the importance of having release forms when we record  
performances for later on-air use.

[Incidentally, once we can get this process ironed out, it would be  
great to add information to the Shows booking page about the  
availability of live simulcast slots on Saturday evenings, as well as  
the possibility of recording shows for later broadcast.]

I'm not sure what IMC-shows currently requires of artists and others  
in this regard, but I'd like to have us integrate release forms into  
the booking process for the performance space, allowing WRFU to  
broadcast the material live and to record the material for future  
broadcast. We should also seek to do the same with sessions arranged  
by/within WRFU programming groups.

At WFMU in New Jersey, which has recently founded the Free Music  
Archive (an online archive of content available royalty-free for non- 
commercial use), they use Creative Commons as the basis for their  
release forms. I attach a copy of those forms. One is for a 'share  
alike' license, the other for a 'no derivatives' (ie remixes) license.

Could they provide a useful basis for a form at the IMC? [As written,  
with minor modifications they would permit IMC/WRFU to make material  
available from our websites, or in the future via webcast and podcast,  
and permit the building of a comprehensive library of live  
performances. This approach has the advantage of being, essentially,  
platform-neutral.]
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Andrew