ASCAP's Creative Commons FUD unfudded

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Commons Misunderstandings: ASCAP on Creative Commons (Lessig Blog)

ASCAP's essay, "Common Understanding: 10 Things Every Music Creator Should Know About Creative Commons Licensing" nicely highlights some important considerations that any musician should review before using a CC license. Unfortunately, however, it also continues some common misunderstandings about Creative Commons. I've reprinted, and responded, to these in the extended entry below.

(From BoingBoing)

Both the original article and Lessig's expert dissection of it are worth reading.