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Antillectual Releases Physical Album under Creative Commons

Maarten Brinkerink — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:39:52 +0000

Following the example of the Dutch post-rock band We vs. Death, the Danish singer/producer Tone, and more recently the one-and-only Nine Inch Nails, the Dutch punk band Antillectual will release their second album Testimony (2008) under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA). Although Antillectual is still pretty unknown in the Netherlands, their approach – and tour schedule – reveals a band that looks beyond boundaries. The band has already played numerous shows throughout Europe and the United States, and will release Testimony in Japan and the United States later this year.

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Mindz Music vol. 1

Maarten Brinkerink — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:59:22 +0000

Het Nederlandse muziekplatform Simuze.nl verspreidt ter promotie van haar artiesten wederom een gratis downloadbare muziekcompilatie, deze keer voor het eerst in samenwerking met het nieuwe sociale netwerk MINDZ.com. Onder de noemer Mindz Music vol. 1 kunnen luisteraars gratis en legaal genieten van twaalf eclectische nummers, allen geselecteerd uit het gevarieerde aanbod aan Creative Commons gelicenseerde muziek op Simuze.

Download de compilatie hier. Veel luisterplezier!

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Danish Label Releases Physical Album under Creative Commons

Maarten Brinkerink — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:25:10 +0000

The day before yesterday the Danish record label Urlyd claimed to have been the first to release a physical album under a Creative Commons license. The album Small Arm of Sea (2008) by singer/producer Tone will simultaneously be available as a deluxe CD/DVD or old-fashioned vinyl and as a free and legal download. The physical editions of the album also have the words “Copy this album for your friends, please!” printed on them. This all has been made possible by using a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license and the support of KODA. This Danish music copyright collecting society will take care of the commercial exploitation of the music.

A great example of how free distribution of music can be combined with commercial exploitation! It also shows how online rhetoric is influencing the offline world and our society and culture in general.

For the Dutch readers, I would however like to refer to some controversy about Urlyd claiming the first physical release under a Creative Commons license.

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