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=Musicians and CC=

==Online Resources==
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/ Sound on Sound] has an article titled [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/creative.htm Creative Commons, Copyright & The Independent Musician] - New Approach To Copyright Licensing.
* [http://www.podtech.net/home/3584/jamison-young-on-how-musicians-can-benefit-from-creative-commons Interview] with [http://www.jamyoung.com/ Jamison Young] discussing how musicians can benefit from the use of CC licenses.
* [http://www.publicknowledge.org/ Public Knowledge] has a long piece explaining Copyright as it pertains to musicians titled [http://www.publicknowledge.org/tutorial/copyright-for-musicians "Copyright Tutorial for Musicians"]
* [http://www.worldhiphopbeats.com/free_hip_hop_beats.html World Hip Hop Beats] is a music website that features a large selection of instrumentals licensed under Creative Commons. For use on many types of projects.

* [http://ccmixter.org/ ccMixter] is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.

==Case Studies==
Learn more about how musicians use Creative Commons licenses in their work.

===Featured Entries===
* '''[[Ancient Free Gardeners]]''': Ancient Free Gardeners is an indie-rock band in Melbourne, Australia, using Creative Commons licences to distribute their music.

* '''[[Christopher Willits]]''': Willits is a prominent experimental musician from the San Francisco Bay area.

* '''[[Jonathon Coulton]]''': Jonathan Coulton is an independent/unsigned singer-songwriter who utilises Creative Commons licences to help promote his music via free downloads.

* '''[[Monk Turner]]''': Monk Turner is a musician of eclectic taste and an approach to releasing albums that involves CC licensing through the internet archive.

* '''[[Pig Head Skin]]''': Yueh-hsin Chu (a.k.a. Pig Head Skin) is an independent musician/producer in Taiwan, and leads the band Jesus Rocks! The band released an album of the same name in October 2004 under a Creative Commons License.

* '''[[Topology]]''': Topology is an internationally acclaimed Brisbane-based new music ensemble.

* '''[[Yunyu]]''': Yunyu is a successful unsigned singer/songwriter in Sydney, Australia, who uses Creative Commons licences for promotional purposes.

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