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I work as sound man on both the set and in post production. I know how hard it can be to find that special sound, and Freesound can offer this. For this reason I am planning to upload a wide selection of the recordings I made, to give something back.

I want to give everyone the freedom to use the sounds in any production, even commercial, without having to credit me.

However, I DON'T want the sound to be redistributed, especially not commercially! Companies or persons could legally sell all sounds with both the Creative commons 0 license and the attribution license. This is all wrong.

Why isn't there a license to let everyone use the sounds in productions (music, video, film, art, radio play etc.), but NOT in 'products' (selling the sound or an altered version of it as a product) ? The only option I see now is the Attribution noncommercial with a side note with every file that it can also be used in commercial productions and I do not have to be credited.

I think the license options are kind of weird, actually.

The sort of license you describe would be very useful for some users (including me). However it would rest on your definition of 'use'. This would be very hard to define legally and very easy to circumvent. For instance, someone could redistribute all your sounds in a single file and claim that their sequencing of them constituted some kind of creative act - not simply a redistribution. Or they could sell them in the guise of a trivial video - it would be impossible to define and enforce.

Use the Attribution Noncommercial license in the manner you suggest.

Thanks,

I see your point. The more I think about it the more complex it gets.

I'm not sure how commercial sound libraries have their license set up, but probably exactly the way I describe it (but defined in 20 pages...).

I wrote a concept for the footnote on my sounds (that will have the attribution noncommercial license). Does it make sense?

PERSONAL LICENSE NOTE:
- You are free to use this sound as part of any production, also commercial, without having to credit me.
- It may NOT be used in (royalty free) stock material.
- You may NOT redistribute this sound in any way.

When using Freesound for commercial productions, please consider donating to the owners and/or Freesound, or contribute by uploading your own sounds to Freesound.

digifishmusic has well though out conditions to deter "re-hosting" his samples elsewhere ... http://www.freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/

To prohibit re-distribution would mean that the owner and Freesound are in control of the sound's destiny regarding whether or not people will be able to find it in the future. Should both stop to distribute the sound for whatever circumstance, the sound could not be legally shared. Prohibiting re-distribution makes a work non-free.

Creative Commons licenses cannot be imposed additional restrictions upon.

However, you can for example on Freesound chose Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 or Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 to ensure that any re-distributions would be required to write credits or even prevent commercial use. At the same time you could have additional terms - separate from the CC license - which would be aimed at non-re-distributors only. See the following two CC FAQ entries for more information:
What_if_I_have_received_CC-licensed_material_with_additional_restrictions.3F
Can_I_enter_into_separate_or_supplemental_agreements_with_users_of_my_work.3F

Hope this helps.