[conatus]

Huh. I run a Creative Commons record label - http://recordsonribs.com - we distribute our music through an online distributor and have never even had a hint of a problem with it. We use CC SA-NC. This for us is a pragmatic question of distribution, making sure the music is out there and available to people who might want to listen, rather than an attempt to monetize. I can tell you know, the money received from streaming services is so unbelievably low that is most is either insulting to artists to redistribute to them or only covers operational costs (and then barely covers them). We are talking in the pennies here.

[phyzome]

Yes, the NC part is important here. I don't understand this author's complaint -- if they released it without the NC, it is definitely permissible for other people to monetize their work, and Content ID would be inappropriate!