Case Studies/Postmoderncore - Revision history

CCID-jane at 17:42, 14 September 2010

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CCID-jane at 17:38, 14 September 2010

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Rachel cobcroft at 02:17, 27 May 2008

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Rachel cobcroft at 02:16, 27 May 2008

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‎Motivations

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‎Overview

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|Description=Postmoderncore is a Netlabel concerned with releasing underground New Zealand music and other music of interest under local Creative Commons licences.
|Quote=My feeling is that for an undiscovered artist who does dream of “making it” one day, the best thing they can look for in the meantime isn’t profit, but exposure. Creative Commons licenses allow your music to spread furthest.
|Quote_Attribution=Sam Stephens, Founder, Postmoderncore
|Image_Header=http://postmoderncore.com/postmoderncore.jpg
|Image_attribution=Postmoderncore logo, used with permission
|Mainurl=http://postmoderncore.com
|Author=Postmoderncore
|User_Status=Curator
|Tag=netlabel, music, business model
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image, Sound
|Country=New Zealand
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	After reading of the [http://www.asiancanadian.net/2007/10/photo-of-teenager-appears-on-australian.html commercial use of CC-licensed images] on billboards by Virgin Australia, Sam explicitly chooses non-commercial licences, so that further use of Postmoderncore material can be vetted by the artist(s) involved. In Sam’s understanding, ‘This doesn’t stop commercial use of the music; it simply requires explicit permission to be granted. I think it’s good to maintain this level of control.’		After reading of the [http://www.asiancanadian.net/2007/10/photo-of-teenager-appears-on-australian.html commercial use of CC-licensed images] on billboards by Virgin Australia, Sam explicitly chooses non-commercial licences, so that further use of Postmoderncore material can be vetted by the artist(s) involved. In Sam’s understanding, ‘This doesn’t stop commercial use of the music; it simply requires explicit permission to be granted. I think it’s good to maintain this level of control.’
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		+	== Statistics ==
		+	Music files of the artists hosted by Postmoderncore have now been available at [http://archive.org archive.org] for three years. The most popular albums have had about 16,000 downloads, according to archive.org’s statistics.

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+:‘When I learned about the Creative Commons bringing these principles to music and the arts, I was very excited as I already was releasing on the internet, and thought these licenses had great potential, and expressed ideas I already had about creativity as a gift, rather than something to be owned and hoarded.’
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+According to Sam, Creative Commons licences provide the advantage of allowing for distribution of music by fans, removing centralised distribution and associated costs and annoyances: ‘They express the freedom and sharing I want from creativity.’
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+The Creative Commons licences selected depend upon the wishes of the artists.  According to founder Sam Stephens, some of the label’s musicians are happy to have derived works produced from their music, and some are not, so they end up using the according licence.  Sam intentionally uses the New Zealand licenses to express Postmoderncore’s ties to New Zealand, and to support the CCNZ initiative.
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+After reading of the [http://www.asiancanadian.net/2007/10/photo-of-teenager-appears-on-australian.html commercial use of CC-licensed images] on billboards by Virgin Australia, Sam explicitly chooses non-commercial licences, so that further use of Postmoderncore material can be vetted by the artist(s) involved.  In Sam’s understanding, ‘This doesn’t stop commercial use of the music; it simply requires explicit permission to be granted.  I think it’s good to maintain this level of control.’
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+According to its [http://postmoderncore.com/about.html website], Postmoderncore’s philosophy has been greatly influenced by the [http://www.negativland.com/ Negativland] fan collective [http://www.sensoryresearch.net/thoughtconduit/news?grid=7 Snuggles].  Founding the label five years ago, Sam expresses his underlying beliefs:
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+:‘I came to the conclusion that copyright was a tool used by corporations to make profits, and control artists and their music. …Postmoderncore is the flip side of my protest against copyright and the idea of music as a commodity. I decided that the best method for sharing the music and accompanying art with its audience was to offer free downloads over the internet. I also wanted to reach a wide and international audience.’
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