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Hi!

recently, I'm most of the time looking for CC0 sounds, so it doesn't make sense for me to always hit the CC0 filter. Plus, more importantly, I sometimes (not that often, but still) accidentally browse files with other licensing.

So it would be useful if Freesound could remember the last filter I used (saved in my account). Of course, this can also create new confusion, it has to be very clear that a filter is on. In the new interface, perhaps the "license:"creative commons 0" bubble can be made a bit clearer (use a small CC0 icon?).

Cheers,
Rutger

Hi Rutger,

This is a nice suggestion. We should whether this is important for all filter types or maybe we should simply have dedicated functionality for licenses. Or we could store default filters and advanced search settings in a browser cookie, and automatically set them if the cookie is set.

Hi Frederic. Sorry for my slooow reply.

Thanks for considering it. Interesting points, I see this needs a little more investigation... mmm....

I would also be happy if there was a default license filter/default I can set for my account.

I have a similar use-case - I'm looking for various CC0 samples and accidentally it is easy to forget and pick a sample that requires attribution.

Currently I have to paranoidly check my download logs with the "Attribution summary" to ensure I did not pick a sample that has a different license.

I guess a hard block/filter does not make much sense, but would be nice to e.g. get a warning if a more strict/incompatible license applies compared to my "baseline preference".

I think the license case and general "default filters" case should be considered separately, because the licensing case has legal consequences and messing it up can cause needless problems.

zenforyen wrote:
I would also be happy if there was a default license filter/default I can set for my account.

I have a similar use-case - I'm looking for various CC0 samples and accidentally it is easy to forget and pick a sample that requires attribution.

Currently I have to paranoidly check my download logs with the "Attribution summary" to ensure I did not pick a sample that has a different license.

I guess a hard block/filter does not make much sense, but would be nice to e.g. get a warning if a more strict/incompatible license applies compared to my "baseline preference".

I think the license case and general "default filters" case should be considered separately, because the licensing case has legal consequences and messing it up can cause needless problems.

Thanks for affirming my experience.

BTW, I think it would be super useful to have the licenses mentioned in the filenames, e.g.: CCBY_123456_Waterfall_at_night.wav. If it’s written as the first characters, it’s possibly quite visible when the files are imported in audio/video tools — but it’s probably still possible to overlook it. A saved filter is probably most effective. Having both would be superb

RutgerMuller wrote:

BTW, I think it would be super useful to have the licenses mentioned in the filenames, e.g.: CCBY_123456_Waterfall_at_night.wav. If it’s written as the first characters, it’s possibly quite visible when the files are imported in audio/video tools — but it’s probably still possible to overlook it. A saved filter is probably most effective. Having both would be superb

the licenses mentioned in the filenames. That is very useful.

I agree with license in file name!

This is quite interesting indeed. Where would you put the license name? I guess right after the ID?

Hi Frederic,

For me this is the best; CCBY_123456_Waterfall_at_night.wav.
That's in the hope that some users will read the license better.

Regards