Small Arms of Sea by Tone
Album released under Creative Commons license to collect royalties
Tone is today releasing Small Arm of Sea in what is a first for a Creative Commons licensed work, they will be receiving royalties from commercial uses. Royalty collecting services have been notoriously against collecting revenue for any work that is not licensed with traditional forms of copyright. Because the album is being released with an Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works license you can copy, distribute, display, and perform the work for free. Those that use the work for commercial purposes however will be required to pay royalties through KODA which is the Denmark collecting service. This is another small step forward towards reshaping how the music industry works and letting artists have the control over their work that they should have. Everybody wins, well except maybe the record labels.
I can’t say I’ve listened to the album yet because I’ve had trouble downloading it as the site is unresponsive, possibly due to a surge in traffic. If you’d like to download the album (for free, PayPal donations accepted) you can do so here. Perhaps you’ll have better luck than I’ve had. The album is also available on vinyl, CD and DVD for those still clinging to the past.
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago by Phil J Leitch | Email | View Phil J Leitch's profile.
Comments
7 months ago nevlik said
The music is standard bare bones, almost ascetic, electronica, the closet bar upon which the vocals are hung. The vocals themselves are another, more complex matter. Sofie Nielsen is made up of thousands of tiny Björks, who are each in turn made entirely of thousands more microscopic Billie Hollidays.
I’m kind of intrigued by the prospect of the DVD’s “abstract and compelling music videos”, though I’m normally one to only view musical eye candy exactly one time, so a purchase doesn’t seem necessary at this point.
The ethereal nature of “owning a copy” of an MP3 over a CD (over a tape over an LP over sheet music and a piano, etc) and it’s inherent impermanence seems like it might be a subject warranting further discussion.
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