Open-source record label

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Open-source record labels are record labels that release music under copyleft licenses, that is, licenses that allow free redistribution and may allow free modification of the tracks.

They hold that the fight over free, libre, and open content and media is a struggle over freedoms of expression and speech, with the goal of opening up the possibilities of media through open collaboration. This is 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. Additionally, copyleft enables musicians to develop music collaboratively and equitably.

Examples of open-source labels[]

• ^[1]
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• Calabash Music
• LOCA Records
• Magnatune
• OnClassical
• Opsound
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• NoCopyrightSounds^[4]

See also[]

• Open Content
• Creative Commons licenses
• Jamendo

References[]

External links[]

• Chameleon Lectra (Consemble 'open compositions' projects)
• Open Source Musical
• CommonEdits
• Creative Commons licensed audio media
• Red Plastic Label

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