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here is a small start:

http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/viewer.playlist?playlistId=1184&memberId=6509
http://www.jamendo.com/en/playlist/99982
http://www.jamendo.com/en/playlist/113052
http://www.jamendo.com/en/playlist/131695
http://www.joshwoodward.com/music/
http://www.bradsucks.net/music/
http://packet-in.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://ccmixter.org/playlist/browse/3464

enjoy

"Not that I agree with this, but these companies that go under could argue that almost nothing you buy lasts forever, so your right to listen to (or watch) what you download should not last forever."

Cool, let the copyright expire when the ability to listen runs out... problem solved... (who wants this?)

drew
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"To hell with all of them. I'll read quietly, or out loud when ever I please. And just for being assholes, I'm going to pirate the next book published by a guild author. And I'm going to listen to Microsoft Sam read it to me. And I'm going to pretend to like it."

It might hit them harder if you gave your attention instead to people who respected you more.

drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/

"My company is an open source software vendor/developer. We maintain a popular open source project and keep ourselves afloat by producing commercial products derived from or extending the value of the core project."

If I understand this correctly I think the business model is what would keep me away in the first place.

I am happy for "the same code base" to be available gratis with no pro support or for a fee with pro support, or free with paid pro support available.

But since one of motivations for operating in the Free software realm is to get myself out from under the vendor lock in problem, your business model makes me mistrust you. And note that this is not a case of wanting everything gratis as there is a situation I know of now where we cannot consider moving to the Free software option because currently there is a Free software option but it does not have the needed paid for support option at a competitive price that we are aware of.

I still think there be to be some future for industry association funded software development and support. But perhaps I am way off base on this as it has seemed obvious to me for years and I have seen no move towards this in all that time.

Now, if the world can get all to software it could need "developed" gratis by people who get a kick out of it so much the better but somehow I think that people will be able to get paid to develop software for a good long time to come. Getting paid for a monopoly on producing and distributing copies of software is another matter.

all the best,

drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/

"but when you allow commercial use of your work, it allows people to take your work, burn it and sell it as is."

Yes, you can. Have at it then:

http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/userName-zotz/profile.member
http://packet-in.org/wiki/index.php?title=RPM08_Final_Tracks
http://packet-in.org/repo/user_drewRoberts/

Naturally, I would prefer if you cut me in for a share, but the license does not require it. Let me know how you make out.

Also, this is exactly what is done all the time with GPL code.

"and sell it as my own, so long as i mention that you wrote it in the fine print."

Nah, read the license again. The fine print play is covered.

"there needs to be some sort of condition saying that a work is non-commercial if it is used as-is, but commercial use is fine when the context is changed somehow."

You could get close to pulling this off for your own original works by dual licensing different bits.

Put the lyric and sheet music under BY-SA and your recording under BY-SA-NC.

all the best,

drew

A bit of context"

[by the_bard17

"Honestly, though, I do agree with you. As much as running Linux may be an answer to the "problem", it's not the answer. I've tried converting people over to Linux, and it takes a lot of effort to get their mindset shifted over from Windows to Linux. I've found that if they're apathetic to Windows, they're not going to switch... it takes actual desire on their part to move to something better."

and

by Anpheus

"I'd rather not have to deal with the quirks of Linux on someone else's hardware."]

My original suggestion was aimed at someone who wanted to switch people to linux instead of windows but was running into resistance. So, I suggested offering those people free linux support or paid windows support (guessing they were currently getting free windows support.)

So, are you worried about your computer and linux or supporting other people running linux at your suggestion? naturally, my advice would not be aimed at a preson who prefers running windows to linux on their own boxes in the first place.

I am interested in hearing the tales of people who run linux on their own machines but would prefer to give gratis support to friends and family on windows boxes instead of linux boxes though.

all the best,

drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/

kompoz is a fun place.

drew
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http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/home.project?projectId=5264
She Took Me Nowhere

"They compress it hard so most of the dynamic range is not there, plus they EQ it for some pimply faced 16 year olds cheap car stereo and speakers propped in the back window."

And why have they missed this business model?

Sell multiple versions mixed the same but mastered differently? Let people chose the one they prefer or buy them all.

And hey, you can have multiple mixes each with multiple masters like the above as well. Imagine!

all the best,

drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/
try "She Took Me Nowhere"

You are giving figures on a completely different aspect of the business.

In fact, one possible reason why the bars pay the bands so little is because they have to pay the collections societies so much.

So, one of two things should result from this:

1. The band is doing cover tunes and so don't "deserve" the money, they need to pay the people who wrote the music who do deserve it.

2. The band is doing their own music and will get paid once by the bar owner and a second time by the collection society.

Now, somehow, I think it might not all work out this way and be cool but whose "fault" is that exactly?

all the best,

drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/
Check out "She Took Me Nowhere"

So, every time you release a song, buy a lottery ticket for the song? You may hit it big even if the song flops.

all the best,

drew
http://zotz.kompoz.com/
Check out She Took Me Nowhere