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Free music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license. It does not mean that there should be no fee involved. The word free refers to freedom (as in free software), not to price. Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ...
The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...
For other uses, see Freedom. ...
Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ...
In economics and business, the price is the assigned numerical monetary value of a good, service or asset. ...
Some free music is licensed under licenses that are intended for software (like the GPL) or other written media (the GFDL). But there are also licenses especially for music and other works of art, such as EFF's Open Audio License, the Ethymonics free music license ([1]), LinuxTag's OpenMusic License ([2]), the Free Art license and the Creative Commons Licences. The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ...
“GFDL†redirects here. ...
EFF Logo The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights such as those protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the context of...
The Open Audio License is a free music license, created in 2001 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). ...
LinuxTag (or more formally ) is a Free Software expo held every summer in the town of Karlsruhe in southern Germany. ...
The Free Art License is an attempt to craft a Free license in the spirit of the GNU General Public License adapted for work of art. ...
Creative Commons, some rights reserved. ...
Some record labels distributing free music:
Some bands distributing their music for free: FREE!MUSIC is a free music non-profit organization based in Russia since 2004 whichs aim is popularization and a direct embodiment of idea of free distribution of music in commercial and non-commercial purposes.[1] The idea to start the project came after a free music compilation called...
Magnatune is a small Berkeley, California–based independent record label, founded in spring 2003 by John Buckman, then-CEO of e-mail software company Lyris. ...
Jamendo is a music platform and community combining: Creative Commons/Free Art Licence licensed music BitTorrent and eDonkey for full album downloads Ogg Vorbis and MP3 encoded audio files An integrated rating and recommendation system Tags and reviews to discover artists Voluntary donations to artists through Paypal All music on...
Krayola Records is a record label that offers music, draw-it-yourself covers and videos. ...
Loca Records is an independent electronica and post rock record label based in Brighton, UK. All the music, artwork and videos are released under Copyleft licenses and distributed physically on Vinyl, CD, and cassette. ...
Opsound calls itself a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
- Binärpilot
- Tryad
- The Bastard Fairies
- NuL
Binärpilot (in ASCII, Binaerpilot) is an electronic music project by Alexander Støver, a musician from Oslo. ...
Public Domain cover Tryad (also t r y ^ d, t r y Δ d) is an Internet musical group that formed in January 2005 (not to be confused by an earlier band of the same name). ...
The Bastard Fairies are an American musical group from Los Angeles, California described as an internet phenomenon, becoming the #18 Most Subscribed (All Time) Musicians and #31 Most Viewed (All Time) Musician on YouTube,[1] as well as for releasing a promotional video that received media attention on Fox News. ...
The three-letter abbreviation NUL can stand for several things: National Urban League, a non-profit, nonpartisan, civil rights and community-based movement that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination. ...
See also
- FREE!MUSIC
- Copyleft
- Open music
- Podsafe
- Binärpilot
- Taper-friendly bands
- jennyrave
- The Hamster Alliance - A Los Angeles based artist with nearly 200 MP3 music files available for download or as streaming audio on THA Radio.
- Binärpilot - Now infamous computer program with over 500 megabytes worth of robot rock free for download. Support the revolution.
FREE!MUSIC is a free music non-profit organization based in Russia since 2004 whichs aim is popularization and a direct embodiment of idea of free distribution of music in commercial and non-commercial purposes.[1] The idea to start the project came after a free music compilation called...
The reversed c in a full circle is the copyleft symbol. ...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Podsafe is a term created in the podcasting community to refer to any work which, through its licensing, specifically allows the use of the work in podcasting, regardless of restrictions the same work might have in other realms. ...
Binärpilot (in ASCII, Binaerpilot) is an electronic music project by Alexander Støver, a musician from Oslo. ...
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