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Jamendo: Your source for great Creative Commons licensed music

If you have never heard of Jamendo, an online community dedicated to Creative Commons licensed music, you really should check them out.

I have been a member since 2007 and Jamendo has been an invaluable resource in finding new music for my listening pleasure. If you went through my entire music collection you would find that the majority of it came from artists that posted their work on the site.

Additional Jamendo features include:

MP3 and Ogg Vorbis encoded audio files
Direct or BitTorrent downloads for full albums
Ability to make direct donations to the Artists
Member reviewing and Tagging
Streaming through their integrated flash player or your external player (.m3u)

There is a lot of variety and with 33,841 albums currently listed on the site you will definitely find something that you will like.

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Jamendo is taking over my music collection

Published: Tue 09 October 2007
By Moparx

In Articles.

tags: Creative Commons

I was going through my music collection recently and I noticed that a rather considerable percentage was from Jamendo, a community dedicated to Creative Commons licensed music.

To be honest, it wasn't really a surprise to me as it simply confirmed what I already assumed. I figured I would take …
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Jamendo - Creative Commons licensed music

Published: Thu 24 May 2007
By Moparx

In Articles.

tags: Creative Commons

I recently came across Jamendo, a site dedicated to Creative Commons licensed music.

I have been listening to various musical genres on the site for about a day now and everything I have listened to thus far has been excellent. I was actually surprised at the rather large selection of …
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Creative Commons license hits the 3.0 mark
Published: Mon 26 February 2007
By Moparx

In Articles.

tags: Creative Commons

Creative Commons recently announced the availability of their new 3.0 license.

The following changes to the license are as follows:
- Separating the "generic" from the US license
- Harmonizing the treatment of moral rights & collecting society royalties
- No Endorsement Language
- BY-SA — Compatibility Structure Now Included
- Clarifications Negotiated With Debian & MIT …
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