Creative Commons has responded angrily to an ASCAP campaign claiming it undermines copyright. In an email sent out today, Creative Commopns Creative Director Eric Steuer writes, "Creative Commons licenses are copyright licenses – plain and simple. Period. CC licenses are legal tools that creators can use to offer certain usage rights to the public, while reserving other rights. Without copyright, these tools don't work." In the ASCAP letter Paul Williams writes "We fear that our opponents are influencing Congress against the interests of music creators... these groups simply do not want to pay for the use of our music. Their mission is to spread the word that our music should be free."
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