[d@DCC] Press release from manager of Toronto-based indie Fading Ways Music

[Russell McOrmond]

  Just added http:// in front of the URL so that it would be clickable in
the archives.  Always great to be connecting with more creator 
communities, especially indie communities and even more-so those who have 
already adopted Creative Commons type thinking.

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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:27:26 -0500
From: Neil Leyton
Subject: canFLI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 2004

Neil Leyton, label manager of Toronto-based indie Fading Ways Music, is 
delighted to announce that all 2004 Fading Ways CD releases will be sold 
under CopyLeft / Creative Commons licenses, legally returning to the 
buyer the options of sharing, copying and artistically exploring their 
purchased Fading Ways CD title. Fading Ways Music is the first 
internationally-distributed label to adopt Creative Commons CopyLeft 
licensing for its new physical CD releases.

With over 30 released titles distributed in 15 countries by over a dozen 
artists, Fading Ways is Canada's most vibrant young label. Leyton 
explains: "Put simply, CopyLeft and the Creative Commons licenses means 
that if a fan copies a CD to give to a friend, they are not breaking the 
law. Even if they upload an MP3 and share it with other web users they 
are not breaking the law as long as due credit is given and they are not 
making any money out of distributing the artists' work."

Established in 1998, Fading Ways Music is built on values of ethical 
treatment of artists, their music, and those who buy it. Representing 19 
of Canada's brightest music makers whose genres span everything from 
acoustic pop to punk rock, Fading Ways Music is making history in an 
industry where the traditional values copyright was based on are being 
unwittingly made obsolete by the actions of the RIAA. The Fading Ways 
philosophy is simple: Offer the consumer a high quality release, and 
encourage the buyer to share it with whomever they choose. "Fading Ways 
will also provide an optional PayPal donations system for fans to 
contribute funds directly to their favourite artists should they be 
uploading or copying their music," says Leyton. "Our goal here is 
two-fold: to counter the RIAA-induced notion that downloading is somehow 
wrong; and to provide the fans with a voluntary system by which they can 
congratulate and genuinely reward the artists' work." Old notions of 
copyright are changing. Fading Ways Music is at the forefront of a new 
era of quality releases and consumer freedom.

The two first Fading Ways releases to be sold under the Creative Commons 
license will be two new artist debuts: Red Orkestra's "After the Wars" 
and Jim Clements' "Kill Devil Hills".

Neil Leyton and Fading Ways Music artists working under this license are 
available for interviews and comments.

Contact Fading Ways Music PR Astrid Bin at 416.537.3796 or 
astrid at punchcardmedia.com.

For more information on Fading Ways Music's CopyLeft licensing: 
http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/mission.html

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