03.02.2007 The Open Music Contest points out new ways of copyright usage

The 3rd Open Music Contest organized by the General Students Committee of the University of Marburg points out new ways of copyright usage for the consumers. Similar to Open Source consumers are granted more rights, for example the right to copy, edit and to share music. The Creative Commons license by Lawrence Lessig Professor of Law at Stanford Law School puts this concept on a firm footing. Therefore Lessig is the patron of the Open Music Contest. "We see Open Music as a logical...