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Computerworld
by press-robot Press post“New music service sings a different tune” by James Lewin
Wired News
by press-robot Press post“Music Label Cashes in by Sharing” by Chris Ulbrich
Charleston Post and Courier
by press-robot Press post“Music downloads: Stealing is stealing” by Phillip Robinson
Berklee Shares Launches — Free Under Creative Commons
by glenn Uncategorized postBerklee College of Music, the world’s largest independent music college and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music, today launched Berklee Shares, a groundbreaking new program that offers music lessons — free under Creative Commons licenses — and encourages musicians to share and distribute the lessons online. Berklee Shares consist of a growing…
Loca Records
by matt Uncategorized postThis week’s featured content is Loca Records. This is an “open source” record label that features a variety of electronic music artists, with many of their songs available under a Creative Commons license. Their mission is to change the way record companies do business and follow the GNU/Linux model of releasing work and receiving compensation.
Copy Me/Remix Me CD out
by matt Uncategorized postEarlier tonight at the Lessig vs. Rosen debate, we gave away copies of our second* CD, Copy Me/Remix Me. It features a variety of music from an even wider variety of artists. Among the featured musicians, you’ll find record-at-home independents, magnatune and opsound artists, world music groups, and small town rock bands. As we mentioned…
Gnomoradio
by matt Uncategorized postGnomoradio is a new project to create a free software package that will allow people to share Creative Commons licensed audio. While there are no downloadable clients currently, the project is proceeding rapidly and they have put a call out for musicians wanting to release their licensed music to the network.
Streaming Media's CC how-to
by matt Uncategorized postStreaming Media’s recent article “Creative Commons Licensing for Digital Media” is a detailed review and demonstration of our metadata embedding guidelines. Larry Bouthillier covers why the licenses exist, the license terms themselves, and how to apply them to web pages and music formats.
Sampling Licenses
by glenn Uncategorized postInspired by world-famous musician and composer Gilberto Gil and developed with the help of the veteran found-art group Negativland, Creative Commons will launch our new Sampling Licenses on December 16, 2003. Read more.
Magnatune in Wired News
by matt Uncategorized postMagnatune, a Creative Commons and shareware-friendly music label we profiled a few weeks ago, received a big write-up in today’s Wired News. They are definitely worth checking out if you haven’t tried them already.