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Wired Releases Creative Commons Sampling CD

Posted by timothy on from the mash-with-garlic-and-basil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In this month's issue of Wired Magazine, there is an included CD featuring songs from The Beastie Boys, David Byrne, among others. The unique thing about the CD is that all of the tracks are released under Creative Commons Licences, making them legal to share."

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  1. Sharing is only the half of it by Raindance · · Score: 5, Informative

    These songs are licensed under the Creative Commons license-- which means not only are you free to share these songs, but you're free to tinker with them. Extract samples, make new mixes, whatever. In stark contrast to the norm.

    This isn't just about "good free music" (though it looks like it is that). It's about artists and labels "getting it" about what creates a culture of creativity and walking the walk.

    Seeing this makes me happy.

    RD

    1. Re:Sharing is only the half of it by Infonaut · · Score: 5, Informative
      As a point of clarification, there are several varieties of CC licenses (one of the great things about CC), some of which specifically allow derivative works and some of which do not.

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  2. No commercial sampling for a few. by plumpy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most of these songs are licensed for commercial sampling, but a handful aren't.

    Chuck D and the Beastie Boys, two bands who have built their careers on sampling (like most of the artists on the CD) won't let you sample their work commercially. (The other band that doesn't is "My Morning Jacket", but I don't know who they are.)

    Bizarre.

  3. Morpheus supports Creative Commons by fcrick · · Score: 5, Informative

    The file sharing client Morpheus supports Creative Commons, and properly tagged mp3s are recognized in search results in the client. Creative Commons will soon begin tagging all their mp3 files in the Copyright id3 tag. On Morpheus, you can even search 'cc:sampling' and 'cc:sharing', and you'll find and be able to download all properly tagged Creative Commons content.

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  4. Re:Ask Chuck D yourself... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's all to do with permission. If I sample something, and get permission to use that sample, that might well exclude me giving away permission to let other people sample my sample, if you see what I mean. No?


    Ok. I sample a chunk off a record (say, the bassline from Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax). I get permission from ZTT to use that sample, but not to distribute it apart from my record. This effectively means I can't give people permission to sample my record, in case they sample the bit off Relax. It's a viral licensing scheme, effectively, where "closed" samples "infect" otherwise open content.