Audio
This is a list of Creative Commons licensed audio media. The original page is partially ported here.
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Types of Audio
Featured Audio Sites
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Literal Systems
Dogmazic
Dogmazic.net is operated by "Musique libre !" non-profit association, advocating for free licenses in music since 2001. Music & information portal on copyleft/Libre music. All copyleft/Libre licenses welcome. Archive size approx. 12000 CC-licensed works - 80% CC / 20% other Libre licenses. Frenchbased, lang= fr. & eng.
Fading Way label
Strayform - The Creation Network
Strayform is a platform where you can raise money for Creative Commons projects: our social network helps interested parties find your works and upcoming projects, our "Proposal" transaction system helps you negotiate and work in collaboration with your funders, our escrow services protect you and the consumers, our funding widgets let your raise funds from any website or social network, our servers host and provide download access to your content, our licensing engine lets you painlessly transact to create licenses for commercial use of your works.
Diesel-U-Music
The 2006 edition of this international music contest was open to unsigned artists playing rock, urban/hip-hop, and electronic music. This year's entries are licensed to the public under the CC Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license.
Pump Audio
Pump Audio works with independent musicians to get their music licensed in commercial media projects. You submit your work to Pump, and if they can find someone who wants to use it in their project, Pump will handle the arrangements and pay you 50% of the resulting licensing fees and/or royalties. Pump offers a variety of Creative Commons license options on their site for musicians who want to allow non-commercial use of their work.
Jamendo
Provides an archive of CC-licensed music that's available for download via P2P. Jamendo features tags, user reviews and personalized recommendations, so you can easily find new tunes that suit your tastes.
ccMixter
A music remix site that tracks samples across different artists, all available under sampling licenses so that you too can join in the mix.
Magnatune
A new music label focused on try-before-you-buy music. Features licensed, downloadable tracks from a wide variety of artists that can also be purchased direct from the site
SectionZ
An electronic music community that offers Creative Commons-licensed tracks from genres like IDM, drum 'n' bass, and ambient.
" Dmusic
The oldest online digital music community, DMusic offers Creative Commons licenses for artists hosting their music.
Opsound
Features a pool of Creative Commons licensed audio. You may submit your MP3s.
OYEZ
Years of Supreme Court proceedings available as licensed MP3, with more to come
SoundClick
Thousands of licensed music files are available here, on this community music hosting service.
Podcasting Legal Guide
Inspired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Legal Guide for Bloggers, the Podcasting Legal Guide is designed to outline both legal and practical issues that are specifically relevant for podcasters, such as using music and video in a podcast.
HOWTO License and Publish
External Links
- Freesound
- A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
- This week in amateur radio
- The Metaphysician
- Audioscrobbler
- Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
- zug's protest song
- Electrobel music community
- Loca Records
- Fray Audio archive
- The Speech Accent Archive
- Opsound in Action
- The Phoenix Trap
- Erik Ostrom
- CC Audio files on Strayform - The Creation Network
- Please add to the list
