Show threadKevin Karhan 1d ago

@F3715H @GhostOnTheHalfShell agreed.

This entire #rant shouldn't exist.

It should be with #screenings like with #music in a #club:

  • You fill out a form
  • Get a quote by the licensing / collecting agency
  • You pay it
  • You get a reciept
    • If someone from said collecting agency ever shows up (which they almost never do at licensed events & -locations) you can just show them that and they'll wish you a nice day.

It's not a question that you want to properly #license that stuff…

  • But there isn't even like an agency / #licensing brokerage one can just contact, maybe pay a premium percentage on top of the fees and have them work out who to pay and how much.
Adam - K3CAN2d ago

If you haven't seen it, MalusCorp is a wonderfully dark satire that feels only a year from becoming reality.

It poses a company who's sole purpose is to use AI to effectively crush #opensource #software #licensing and development. While it intends to be a exaggerated take on the anti-OS stance of some organizations, it might actually stray too close to reality and become a blueprint for a future business model...

MALUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation from Open Source Attribution

Show threadF3715H2d ago

@kkarhan @GhostOnTheHalfShell I'd happily pay €100 for a #DRM-free (or at least non - #RegionLock'd #bluray copy of #CyberSix (or even just a legal copy of the files)...

- I'd even want to properly #license a #WatchParty because I do think that those that worked on it should get (at least on paper) their residuals (even if it may just be a few cents out of hundreds if not thousands of Euros in #licensing)...
https://rubber.social/@F3715H/116235469229422956

Like it's really frustrating when being honest is punished!

Show threadKevin Karhan 2d ago

The big difference re: #music is that unlike #movies or a series, is that #licensing, even for #commercial use, is relatively straight-forward.

Online Piracy's Great Comeback

YouTube
Show threadF3715H2d ago

"[...] In order to qualify, you MUST NOT charge admission for screenings. (If the screenings are part of a broader event, such as a convention, there must not be a separate fee for the screening.)
Film theaters wishing to offer a separate ticketed event should get in touch via the general contact form.
In the vast majority of cases, we can only grant permission within the United States and Canada. [...]"
- https://www.mediaocd.com/screening-permission

I guess I need to find local leads re: #licensing.
#CyberSix

Screening Permission | mediaocd

Screening Permission Form for conventions, clubs and libraries

mediaocd
Show threadF3715H2d ago

I may have found some way to get #licensing sorted out for a #WatchParty...

- Wish me luck!
https://rubber.social/@F3715H/116251990520028918

- Or not...
https://rubber.social/@F3715H/116252012155698344

#CyberSix

William Weber Berrutti2d ago

It's important to use licenses on the works we do, because that communicates clearly how we want our work to be used and shared. And these sites can help us select them:

Choose a License: https://choosealicense.com/

Joinup Licensing Assistant: https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/solution/licensing-assistant/find-and-compare-software-licenses

Various Licenses and Comments about Them: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html

#Licensing #FreeCulture #OpenCulture

Choose an open source license

Non-judgmental guidance on choosing a license for your open source project

Choose a License
CBC Edmonton3d ago
Motion asking city to reconsider new patio licencing fees to hit Edmonton council this week
An city councillor is putting forward a motion to challenge increasing patio fees for businesses set to go into effect next month.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/motion-city-reconsider-patio-licensing-fee-9.7131359?cmp=rss
eicker.news ᳇ tech news4d ago
While competitors like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are spending billions on AI infrastructure, #Apple has taken a different approach. By #licensing #AImodels and leveraging its existing user base of 2 billion devices, Apple is able to implement #distributedAI without the massive #capitalexpenditure. This strategy allows Apple to focus on owning the customer experience. https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
The most brilliant move in corporate history?

In a bold departure from its Big Tech peers, Apple sidestepped the $650 billion AI infrastructure spending frenzy, a move likened to opting out of purchasing the US Navy annually. While Amazon, Goo…

Asymco
Ajay Iyer5d ago

CHANGE MY MIND:

1. All textbooks, study materials, lecture notes, question papers, etc. prescribed and used in educational institutions must be available under the CC-BY-SA-NC license.

2. All the software that students need to use or be exposed to in educational institutions, during their academic course must be under the GPLv3 license.

#academics #licensing #libresoftware #openaccess #education #righttoeducation