youlicense.com— YouLicense, the site that offers artists the chance to license their music online is now open to the public.
Aug 1, 2007View in Crawl 4
I went to sign up for Beta and their terms say that you license your music FOREVER. They provide no way to stop allowing them to license your music. f**k that.
If that's the case, then I'd recommend that artists do not use this service. Most reputable online music stores allow non-exclusive licenses. In my opinion, assigning a license in perpetuity breeds laziness in your publisher. There is simply no motivation for them to do any work to earn money off your material. You see, actual publishing is a mug's game - anyone can do it. But getting the published material in front of big players that may use it, well, that's hard work. Why would I assign the exclusive right to exploit my work to someone who just intends to sit back and do nothing, and then jump up and down and claim buckets of cash if I suddenly make it big on my own?Buried.
They don't own your song, you license it yourself through the site (hence the "non-exclusive" thing on the front page). It's like eBay, they just provide the platform. Moreso, you can always delete any song on the system..I don't understand where you people got all of this paranoid nonsense.
shunter99Aug 2, 2007
I went to sign up for Beta and their terms say that you license your music FOREVER. They provide no way to stop allowing them to license your music. f**k that.
fkr3Aug 2, 2007
He wishes he thought of a way musicians could license their music? This site isn't actually doing anything new it's just doing it online.
thefr00nAug 2, 2007
If that's the case, then I'd recommend that artists do not use this service. Most reputable online music stores allow non-exclusive licenses. In my opinion, assigning a license in perpetuity breeds laziness in your publisher. There is simply no motivation for them to do any work to earn money off your material. You see, actual publishing is a mug's game - anyone can do it. But getting the published material in front of big players that may use it, well, that's hard work. Why would I assign the exclusive right to exploit my work to someone who just intends to sit back and do nothing, and then jump up and down and claim buckets of cash if I suddenly make it big on my own?Buried.
krinthekuzAug 2, 2007
something tells me this will come to some sort of unlicensed practice of law investigation
Closed AccountAug 2, 2007Submitter
They don't own your song, you license it yourself through the site (hence the "non-exclusive" thing on the front page). It's like eBay, they just provide the platform. Moreso, you can always delete any song on the system..I don't understand where you people got all of this paranoid nonsense.
monroetransferAug 2, 2007
You mean now there will be more restrictive license-holders and copyright barons than ever? JUST WHAT WE NEED!!!
wileepeyoteAug 4, 2007
@codeblueHmmm... Under entertainment... A way to get music without making "the music industry" rich...How exactly is this not Digg worthy?
vobbsikNov 13, 2007
spammers activity =)