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freetunes
p2p app for sharing and ranking uncopyrighted music | |
Take an existing p2p app like
Gnutella. Add some sort of metadata
to the id3 tag, like "copyrighted: no"
and then use it to distribute and find
uncopyrighted music.
Give users the ability to rate songs or
mark them as illegal copies.
Eventually, people just start sharing
tons of
good, free stuff.
Oh, and I want it to have some sort
of collaborative recommendation
engine.
Live Music Archive
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php [krelnik, Oct 17 2004]
[link]
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"tons of good, free stuff" - I don't doubt that that exists, but most kiddies only seem to want what they want, without respect to copyright. I'm not clear how this disincentivizes rampant copyright infractions. |
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This sounds like it might break the monopoly the RIAC has on the distribution of music and film on the planet. We would have a huge pool of talent to pull from rather than just the entertainers the industry is willing to bring to the forefront. It does sound half-baked in that it is similar to what mp3.com does isnt it? |
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I'm guessing you're not a songwriter, [TomBomb]. |
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If you've ever looked at an id3 tag, you'll notice that it already has provisions for indicating whether or not it is copyrighted. Most rippers ignore this, though. |
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It is not a P2P application, but the Live Music Archive (by the same crazy folks that built the Internet Wayback Machine) is otherwise pretty close to what you describe. As the name would suggest, they focus on live performances where the artist has given permission. |
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I suppose that artists could *choose* to release an occasional freebie. Currently, there isn't much decentralized, widespread means for sharing free music. |
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