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"Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device." I'm quite shocked Tom didn't know this, being a musician as long as he has been.

Note that *registering* a copyright is different than *owning* a copyright

Damn, I am on a roll with the finds!

r users' legal rights to make fair use of copyrighted works. We understand that Content ID has gotten more attractive to publishers as the technology has been improved to better identify compositions in addition to sound recordings (think of a cover of a Lady Gaga

yet another reason to go Creative Commons!

Tom, if you could read this before the next show recording, that would be great.

This really has more to do about technology, but I think it's good to keep in mind than a non-free Internet could kill Creative Commons. It may be something we ignore by the time we get out of the next interview cycle.