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. But before the details, there is one important fact of agreement to keep in view, and one important disagreement:

We certainly agree with ASCAP that "music creators should fully understand the terms to which they are agreeing and the implications down the line." That applies to CC licenses as much as to a recording contract. And we're as keen as anyone to make sure that understanding is there.