Creative Commons vs the Alliance

The MPAA (Aussie equiv of the Screen Actors Guild) has refused dispensation to a production company producing a short film under the Creative Commons licensing agreement.

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The MEAA Board decided that it could grant none of the dispensations sought by MOD Films, on the grounds that these would be “inappropriate”. The production had asked for dispensations and support for its world-first plans to employ professional actors in a film with only “Some Rights Reserved” by the production company. The company intends to permit non-commercial use and re-voicing of the film by the audience. The MEAA also rejected the option of any further negotiations with MOD Films.

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-- via Brian Flemming at Cinema Minima

I'll add commentary later. The MEAA is doing what it thinks is right for its members, BUT the CC angle is... interesting.