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Creative Commons Remix Contest
victors writes "Creative Commons and WIRED recently went public beta with CC Mixter which is a Commons pool for music samples and remixes. The site creates a tree of remix/sources inline with every entry and has Flikr/del.ciou.us style tagging. The launch includes two remix contests and features samples and cuts put in the Commons by Chuck D., Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Danger Mouse and tons more. The winners end up on Chuck D.'s next CD and a CC promo disk and there's already been some pretty astounding entries. Of course every upload is under a CC license that allows legal sampling including contest entries and the big name source tracks and samples. I took over the coding for the site from Lucas Gonze (of WebJay) who did a proof of concept. We're currently working on making the site source part of the CC Tools open source project. That version will support remixing of any media including images, videos and Flash mods."
I can't figure out if I should really be so stoked that the artists on are really 'on the bandwagon' with CC licensing. It seems after a few spins of that disc that it's filled with cast-off and b-side quality material. If they're so hot on it, why no release some of the good stuff under CC?
After 3 beers and 3 espressos, there's a 20-minute period where you can climb anything.
How about going out and creating new and original music? Taking other people's work and mixing, splicing, etc...just really doesn't seem much like talent to me...
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........