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On CBC podcasts and CC-licensed music available for commercial use
by mike UncategorizedOn Friday, Michael Geist broke the story that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had apparently banned use of CC-licensed music in its podcasts. This seemed odd, given that the CBC’s Spark podcast has long used, promoted, and done interesting projects with CC-licensed music. It is always gratifying to see CC supporters (superheroes even!) quickly respond —…
FMA Guest Curator: Spark
by cameron UncategorizedThe latest addition to our guest curation series at the Free Music Archive comes from Spark, “a weekly audio blog of smart and unexpected trendwatching” from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Centre). Dan Misener, one of Spark’s producers, helmed the mix, providing context as to why Spark uses CC-licensed music on its podcast – you can listen…
Kutiman Talks to CBC; Interview Audio on ccMixter
by cameron Open CultureIf you’re interested in online culture, you’ve probably come across the amazing THRU YOU project from Israeli producer Kutiman (see this WIRED profile for some background). Kutiman mashed together various YouTube clips of people playing instruments (many of them instructional videos) to create something totally new and unique. The result was a collection of seven…
CBC Radio 3 Chooses CC as a Top Issue
by neeru UncategorizedCBC Radio 3 has chosen Creative Commons Canada as 5th of 100 contemporary issues facing Canadians today.