- Musopen
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Musopen.org
The Musopen homepage as of March 2009URL www.musopen.org Commercial? No Owner Musopen Created by Aaron Dunn Launched March 05, 2005 Musopen is an online music library of copyright-free (public domain) music. Musopen's mission is to record or obtain recordings that have no copyrights so that its visitors may listen, re-use, or in any way enjoy music; put simply, "to set music free."
In 2008, Musopen released newly-commissioned recordings of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas into the public domain.[1] In 2010, the site organized a fundraiser via Kickstarter to commission recordings of a larger repertoire.[2], raising a grand total of $68,359, more than six times their target goal of $11,000[3].
Musopen is a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity, operating out of Palo Alto, California. Musopen was created by Aaron Dunn in 2005.
Press
- Ars Technica
- EFF
- Wired UK
- OsStatic
- UAI (Portuguese)
- La Nación Newspaper (Spanish)
- BoingBoing
- Lifehacker
- PC World Germany
- Slashdot
References
- ^ "Musopen puts classical recordings, scores in public domain". http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/05/musopen-puts-classical-recordings-scores-in-public-domain.ars.
- ^ "Orchestra To Turn Copyright Free Classical Scores Into Copyright Free Music". http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/09/12/1350202/Orchestra-To-Turn-Copyright-Free-Classical-Scores-Into-Copyright-Free-Music.
- ^ "Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights.". http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/record-and-release-free-music-without-copyrights.
External links
Categories:- Music websites
- Online music and lyrics databases
- Public domain music
- Discipline-oriented digital libraries
- Kickstarter projects
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