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Encyclopedia > Open source record label

Open source record labels are a reaction against what some musicians see as corporate control of music via means of copyright. They believe that creativity requires that musicians reappropriate and reinterpret music and sounds to enable them to create truly innovative music. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ...


Open source record labels hold that the fight over free, libre, and open content and media is a struggle over the freedoms of expression and speech, with the goal of radically opening up the possibilities of media. To this end, open source record labels attempt to release music under so-called "copyleft", a license that enables musicians to develop music collaboratively and equitably and then release it into the same licence. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mohandas K. Gandhi - Freedom can be achieved through inner sovereignty. ... Gratis versus Libre is the distinction between zero price and freedom. ... Open content, coined by analogy with open source, (though technically it is actually share-alike) describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. ... Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. ... The reversed c in a full circle is the copyleft symbol. ...


Examples of open source labels

Comfort Stand Records is an independent record label that offers free MP3 selections from a variety of musicians and in-house acts. ... 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. ... 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. ... OnClassical is a small independent record label based in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. ... Opsound calls itself a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. ... Small Brain Records is an open source record label started in 1993 in Traverse City, Michigan, by Jim Ryan, and Sheamas ODonnel, of the infamous group Joey. ... Far From Showbiz is a single by Norwegian band Beyond Dawn released under Peaceville in 2003 to promote the proceeding album, Frysh, from which the tracks originate. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Calabash Music Logo. ...

See also

The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. ...

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Open source record label - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (153 words)
Open source record labels are a reaction against what some musicians see as corporate control of music via means of copyright.
Open source record labels hold that the fight over free, libre, and open content and media is a struggle over the freedoms of expression and speech, with the goal of radically opening up the possibilities of media.
To this end, open source record labels attempt to release music under so-called "copyleft", a license that enables musicians to develop music collaboratively and equitably and then release it into the same licence.
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