Netaudio Festival Berlin 2009 – “East meets West”
[press release] From the 8th to the 11th of October 2009, Netaudio Berlin will be gathering the international netaudio community for a 4 day music and conference festival in Berlin, under the title “East meets West”. 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, we recall pictures of helping hands reaching [...]
Back from Cologne Commons
Last week I spent two days at the first Cologne Commons conference and festival. Cologne Commons was an intense experience with interesting discussions and great music. It was great to meet some netaudio artists and other people who run Netlabels themselves.
Highlights were the live performances of Entertainment For The Braindead and Comfort Fit on [...]
Netaudio videos
I recently got involved with video again and just released my second music video featuring the track ‘Ein Bild von Dir’ by Gleichschalter [broque018]. Using Creative Commons licensed music in a video turned out to be a bit more complicated than expected. According to a document published by Creative Commons, one can not use music [...]
First part of netlabel research report available
In cooperation with Phlow Patryk Galuszka presents selected results of the first part of a research, which was conducted to learn more about netlabels. The research is a part of his postdoctoral project which deals with netaudio scene from perspectives of business studies and economic sociology. Patryk got in contact with 650 netlabels, send out [...]
A letter from Lawrence Lessig
If you have been downloading our mixes, then you have mostly been downloading free music with a creative commons license. These creative commons licenses originate from Creative Commons (CC), which is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Organizations like Creative [...]
Netwaves Bytes: Electro 1
Netwaves is proud to present its first virtual CD: ‘Netwaves Bytes: Electro 1′. This compilation is the first in a series that represent the best netlabel tunes from all over the world. Netaudio is not about profit figures, it’s about creativity and independence. For the music lover, this means open, free music without lawyers.
This release [...]
Sonic Walker On-Air on KRUU-FM
Tonight Matt Ahearn is going to play our drum n’ bass mix on his Obvious World show on KRUU radio. Sunday nite’s show begins at 10pm (CST) and will feature Creative Commons music from across the world. KRUU in Fairfield, Iowa is a community radio station run on open source software.
You can listen [...]
Sonic Walker Mix 26: Welcome to the virtual commons club
For my new mix I selected some groovy and funky netlabel house music which I could very well imagine in a small club with a crowd dancing to it.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Tracklist and download
Three Spanish courts uphold validity of music free licenses
News about digital civil rights in Europe, provided by EDRI
Spanish courts have upheld three times already the validity of music free licenses. In the three cases, the Sociedad General de Autores (SGAE), Spanish music copyright collecting society, sued some open public premises on alleged rights to the music listened therein.
In all the three cases, the [...]
Copyright Criminals Remix Contest
Creative Commons, along with filmmakers Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen, today announced that due to overwhelmingly positive response, the Copyright Criminals Remix Contest has been extended by two weeks, ending on March 14. Additionally, new vocal samples from influential rapper Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and pioneering funk musician George Clinton (of Parliament-Funkadelic) have been [...]
