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Re:Why the CBC banned Creative Commons music from its shows by DrJokepu on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @09:56AM (#1783362)
The problem is that creative professionals have to be a lot more protective about their work than software developers.

While a software developer who's good enough to write successful open source code will always find a well-paying job, creative professionals have to fight very hard to get jobs, especially if they don't have a very wide network of connections yet.

Re:Why the CBC banned Creative Commons music from its shows by _delirium on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @11:11AM (#1783654)
There are also a few big specific issues that come up in music a lot, like use of music in advertising. Musicians generally either: 1) don't want their music to be used in advertising, seeing it as cheapening it; or 2) want to be paid for it, seeing it as a major revenue stream. A CC-licensed work without an NC clause would allow use in TV ad jingles for free, which a large proportion of musicians don't like the idea of, even if they're otherwise pro-sharing.