Rules For The Revolution

Host: Colette Vogele Guest: Mia Garlick Topics and Questions for Episode 002: In this episode, Colette sits down with Mia Garlick, General Counsel for Creative Commons (CC), to discuss the question of warranties in copyright licenses, and how and why warranties are disclaimed in CC licenses. Warranty language discussed in this eposide Example of typical warranty representations made in a copyright license might look like this: “Licensor represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date and continuing throughout the Term of this Agreement, the Work does not and will not, infringe the rights of any third party, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights, rights of publicity, rights of personality, rights of privacy, rights to payment of royalties, or any other rights of third parties not specifically identified in this Agreement, or result in any tort to any third party. Licensor will be solely responsible for the acquisition of any and all third party clearances, permissions and li

Host: Colette Vogele Guest: Mia Garlick Topics and Questions for Episode 001: In this episode, Colette sits down with Mia Garlick, General Counsel for Creative Commons (CC), to discuss questions about licensing for podcasts. What are the different types of Creative Commons licenses, and what problems are they trying to solve? What is the Founder’s Copyright? What is the difference between trademark and copyright, and how is that difference relevant to your website, blog, and podcast? What are the issues you need to think about before applying a CC license to your works? How does membership in a collecting society (like ASCAP or BMI) effect your ability to license your own creative works? What are you licensing, and how specific do you need to be about it? How is the Creative Commons license expressed, and what tools are available from CC to help podcasters?