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Pledge “gemahacksupport”

"I will arrange a press conference with the GEMA and representatives of the media, in order to to arouse public interest. but only if 100 other people will sign this pledge."

— bruder, Musician, Author, Composer, Neoist, etc. (contact)

Deadline to sign up by: la 31-a de Aŭgusto 2009
112 people signed up (12 over target)

Country: Germany

More details
The GEMA-problem must be put in the public eye.
It is therefore it is important to raise public interest in the subject.
Members of the GEMA (Authors, Composers, Publishers) must have the right to choose which license they want to apply to their work (after all it's "THEIR'S" :) ).

Comments on this pledge

• ...and never mind the "will do the same" at the end of the pledge-text...
  just sign it if you wanna help.
  greetz
  bruder, 10 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• http://pledgebank.com/gemahacken
  kain schwarz, 10 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• those of you who spek german, can go to this page to get more info on the pledge: http://dannybruder.net/bruder/?page_id=26
  bruder, 10 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Please DONT! Musicians want to remix. Thanks to CC they can do this now without the need to worry about the GEMA. If CC-Licensed works could be GEMA-'protected', remixing would return to where it was before CC because you would need to contact every CC-artist if he is member of the GEMA or not.
  There are some venues who only play CC-music so they don't need ot pay the GEMA. If If CC-Licensed works could be GEMA-'protected', they would probably drop that policy because they'd have to pay GEMA again unless they do an exhaustive research on the tracks they're playing.
  Young people like to share music via P2P or directly on their blogs and homepages. Thanks to CC they can do this legally. If CC-Licensed works could be GEMA-'protected', they'd be in danger of prosecution once again.
  Some bookers only book bands who offer CC-material to save GEMA costs.
  The list goes on and on...
  Many of the vantages artist currently have if they license their work CC would be void if CC-Licensed works could be GEMA-'protected'.
  Gottfried Hofmann, 7 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• @Gottfried Hofmann:
  
  i don't think you understand cc-licenses nor the pledge at all.
  the aim is to strengthen cc and not gema-protect anything that's licensed under cc...
  
  greetz
  
  raziel
  raziel, 7 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• I know the pledge is not about gema-protecting anything that's licensed under CC.
  What I don't want is that an artist who releases a work under CC can Gema-protect that work.
  Gottfried Hofmann, 5 months ago. Abusive? Report it!