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A first on the show, on this episode we dive into business models! Yes, you read it right: business models for music licensed under Creative Commons. For that, I talked to Hessel van Oorschot, co-founder and CEO at Tribe of Noise, a platform focused on creating fair and sustainable business opportunities for independent musicians. They launched back in 2008 in the Netherlands. Now, they provide a steady revenue stream for hundreds of musicians around the world, exploring non-exclusive music licensing to third-parties like cinematographers, advertising agencies and retail spaces. Along with Amanda Palmer and Jonathan Mann, they were one of the few music-based case studies featured on the book "Made With Creative Commons". Back in September, Tribe of Noise acquired Free Music Archive. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you can find out more about it on the second part of this interview, when we release our next episode. Playlist Morissa Jeanine - Perfect Day [CC BY-SA] RUNAGROUND - Solace available for free download and further licensing on Tribe of Noise Further Credits Sound editing and mixing by Ricardo Correia.

Welcome to a brand new season of White Market Podcast! We couldn’t really step into a new year without celebrating Public Domain Day. On this episode, we interviewed Anna Mazgal from the Communia Association, one of the policy organizations that has been working most closely with public domain issues. Communia actively pushes for European legislation that safeguards the public domain, as well as users’ rights. According to the Wikipedia, “the public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. In the European Union - with the exception of Spain - copyright on published works expires 70 years after the author's death. This means that the (most) works of those who passed away in 1949 are now under the public domain in (most) EU member states. Here are some examples of works that are now under public domain in Europe: the music scores by Richard Strauss, Joaquín Turina and Nikos Skalkottasthe novel "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell and all her worksthe works of Literature Nobel prize-laureates Maurice Maeterlinck and Sigrid Undsetthe works by art-deco pioneer Alexandra EksterHappy Public Domain Day and happy new year! Credits Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, performed by Kevin MacLeod // CC BYSonate Es-Dur fur Violine und Klavier, Op. 18, III. Finale. Andante - Allegro by Richard Strauss, performed by Oliver Colbentson // CC PD This interview was recorded a long time ago and Anna Mazgal hasn’t been part of Communia for quite a while, but she still works towards the same goals as part of the Wikimedia team.

This season on White Market Podcast: Prepare for a lot of talk about Creative Commons music. We will talk about licenses, about business models, about resilience and about the love that goes into sharing music with others. In the first few episodes, there will be interviews with: Hessel van Oorschot from Tribe of Noise, a platform focused on creating fair and sustainable business opportunities for talented artist; their business model is exclusively based on CC-licensing and they recently acquired Free Music Archive. Emily Richards from ccMixter, the oldest community of musicians focused on Creative Commons music production; they promote remixing and make their works available under CC BY and CC BY-NC licenses. Konrad from ClongClongMoo, a curation service focused on Creative Commons music (althought not exclusively); on top of highlighting records, the website has other valuable resources for free and open music discovery, like the netlabel list There will be more guests and more topics later on, so make sure to subscribe to the podcast and check our website regularly. But before the whole things starts, a quick note of appreciation for the extra help White Market Podcast got this time. Without these people, there would be no new episodes. Jake Cusworth did the new sound imaging, remixing "Fremen" by DarkSunn (who kindly provided the STEMS to do that) Liam Milburn provided the voice work for the new jingles and sweepers Ciaran Edwards redesigned and coded our new fully FLOSS website Ricardo Correia will be helping out with the sound editing and mixing throughout the season. Stay tuned, White Market Podcast will be back soon.

This is an emergency podcast.Next week, your MEPs will vote on the Copyright Directive in the European Parliament. You can still help out saving the internet.Here's what you can do:- join one of the many protests taking place tomorrow throughout Europe- sign the petition- call your MEP- share the word Podcast credits All songs licensed under CC BY-SA Lee Rosevere - "It Was Like That When I Got Here" & "We Don't Know How it Ends"Six Umbrellas - "Rise" & "Spark"

Back in August, I had the chance of talking to Dimitar Dimitrov, EU Policy Director at Wikimedia. On their website, Wikimedia is described as a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world. By now, it is one of the top 10 websites traffic-wise globally and it is arguably the biggest community-driven project online. It all started with the amazing Wikipedia, but as knowledge kept getting compiled, their projects also kept on multiplying. Today, the Wikimedia Foundation hosts a dozen projects with the joint goal of sharing knowledge – Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and their latest baby Wikidata are just a few of them. Being a content superpower is not easy, though. Surely a hot topic at the minute, the upcoming EU copyright reform is something under their radar but this legislation is far from being the only thing with a deep impact on Wikimedia’s work. For a long time now, they have been facing a variety of challenges that go from censorship in certain countries to court rulings that place double-standards in terms of what people can do with content online and offline. To find out more about these things and, of course, how you can get involved with Wikimedia, just press play. Aritus – For you [Soundcloud] // CC BY YeahRight! – San Francisco [Soundcloud] // CC BY-NC-SA Taseh – Down Roller [Monster Jinx] // CC BY-NC-SA Luck & Doc – To My Recollection [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA Oranjada vs. North Beach Crew – Zora (2010 Druzhba session) [mahorka] // CC BY-NC All the songs from “Plays Guitar” and “Plays Guitar Again” by Gillicuddy have been used as background music for the interview. All tracks available under a CC BY-NC licence; download on Bandcamp or FMA..: Photo by Wikimedia Foundation :. CC BY

WMP is finally back and what a way to start this fourth season! This week, I talked to Diego Naranjo, Senior Policy Advisor at EDRi, to know more about the copyright reform that is still in the making in the EU. EDRi (European Digital Rights) is an association of civil and human rights organizations that advocates for the protection of our rights and freedoms online. On top of working directly with high instances in the EU, they also work in public campaigns, providing ordinary citizens with tools to engage with policy making, such as the Save the Meme website and The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright workshop (happening in Lisbon, Slovenia and Hungary later this year). On the music side of things, the celebration was on in big style for this year’s Netlabel Day. With more than 200 free records out on July 14th, I picked some of my favourites of 2017 to showcase how inspiring the initiative has been. Lasers – Amsterdam [Bad Panda Records] // CC BY-NC-SA Fog Lake – Push [FMA] // CC BY Go Ask Alice – The Shout [La bèl netlabel] // CC BY-SA Michael Keefe – Reality (Feat. Travis Paul) [Amblis Records] // CC BY-NC Nüman – Sin título [Sólo le Pido a Dior] // CC BY-NC-SA Bottlesmoker – East Indies (feat. Kronutz) [Yes No Wave Music] // CC BY-NC Knit – A Good Chance [Z Tapes] // CC BY Moki McFly – Zeta [mahorka] // CC BY-NC All the songs from “Where The Sidewalk Ends” by Roger Plexico have been used as background music for the interview. Tracks available under a CC BY-NC-SA licence; download on Bandcamp or FMA.

I have been wanting to do this for a long time, but somehow the opportunity only arrived now. This week’s show is a Monster Jinx special! Monster Jinx is a Portugal/Internet-based label specialised in hip-hop and electronic music. They are also an artist collective, and identify themselves as an indie label, having dropped their first record back in 2009. In the last few years, they managed to grab the attention of the Portuguese media, get some airplay on national radio stations and play at big festivals. Despite these big achievements, they remain humble and focused on putting out great music. With an enviable roster of MCs and producers, Monster Jinx are a great example of how Creative Commons licenses can boost the reach of a work, and how releasing music for free doesn’t mean a product is any less appealing. If you’re a regular listener of the show, you probably know at least part of their work by now, as I have been a long time supporter of their work. In the last few years, I have been uploading a great part of their music to WMP’s curator collection at Free Music Archive. Putting Lisbon’s great weather to good use, I sat down with Darksunn (co-founder, manager and do-it-all) to find out more about how the label started, why they picked Creative Commons as their licencing system, the challenges ahead and their strategy for the future. For the first time in White Market Podcast’s history, this interview was actually recorded on location, which may explain some of the sound issues on this episode. Nonetheless, please sit back and enjoy the vibes of the purple monster. Darksunn – Sidestep NO FUTURE – NOMONO MONEY Monstro Robot – Gata Borralheira (feat. Pulso) Monster Jinx – Venera o Diabo (Faz Festas a Gatinhos) J-K – Despedida Pulso – Estalo os Dedos All the tracks are available under a CC BY-NC-SA licence. I will be posting the list of background music tracks soon.

On this week’s show, WMP celebrated Public Domain Day. Public Domain Day has been happening as an initiative for some years now, being held on January 1st every year, as this is the date when each year new works go under the public domain. Except, of course, if you’re in the US – sadly, there won’t be any works going into the public domain there before 2019 at least. In the European Union, though, the rights of authors are protected within their lifetime and for seventy years after their death. This means that after that period the works become available for anybody to use them for any purpose. This year, for instance, this included the works of HG Wells and of the economist John Keynes. As a celebration, the music played on the show was mostly published under Creative Commons Zero, the public domain licence. Alpha Hydrae – Won’t see it comin’ (Feat Aequality & N’sorte d’autruche) [FMA] // CC0 Cuicuitte – Viville à l’horizon [FMA] // CC0 Hussalonia – Like Tetanus In A Wound [Auboutdufil] // CC0 Wowa & eckskwisit – Just Cool [Wowa.me] // CC0 ZAIRE – Twitter de Amor entre Androides [FMA] // CC0 MANWOMANCHILD – Bach Prelude in C BWV 846 [FMA] // CC0 Accou – Gymnopedie No.1 (Erik Satie) [Musopen] // CC0 Kimiko Ishizaka – Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 [Bandcamp] // CC BY Future Sauce – Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie) [FMA] // CC0 Katapulto – Zero Rythm Dollar Boy [FMA] // CC0 Breuss Arrizabalaga Quintet – Mount Fuji [FMA] // CC0 Psalms – Hideaway (feat. Tinariwen) [FMA] // CC0

As this is our very last show of 2016, I thought it’d be cool to do a recap of White Market Podcast’s best moments of 2016. In case you haven’t listened to all the episodes, this can be sort of your guide to go back and catch up with something you might have missed and be of your interest. With 8 interviews, a couple of special features and even a mini-documentary, I’m sure there will be something up your street. This has probably been probably the best season of White Market Podcast so far. Since July, I have celebrated the 25th anniversary of Linux and the 2nd edition of Netlabel Day, I have talked to netlabel managers and representatives of different institutions linked to free music and free culture, and, of course, I talked a lot about copyright. However, the big learning curve happened mainly due to our guests, so I decided to highlight them all, as sort of an appreciation gesture. You can find them all on our website, along with detailed credits on background music. Here’s a a list of all the guests on the show this season in order of appearance on this week’s show. Cheyenne Hohman, director of Free Music Archive – Session 3.10 Manuel Silva, founder of Netlabel Day and M.I.S.T. Records – Session 3.01 Maarten Zeinstra, from think tank Kennisland; project manager at CopyrightExceptions.Eu – Session 3.13 Alex Lungu, founder of the Copy-Me webseries and website- Session 3.03 Jonas Öberg, executive director of Free Software Foundation Europe – Session 3.07 Joris Pekel, community manager for cultural heritage at Europeana – Session 3.18 Markus Koller, founder and manager of Starfrosch – Session 3.15 Graeme Gill, founder and manager of Pilot Eleven – Session 3.11 Oh, and since it’s Christmas time, I also played the holiday tune of the season. Merry Xmas, everyone! Donnie Ozone – Christmas Shopping at the Dollar Store [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA

This week, I had the opportunity to talk to Joris Pekel, Community Coordinator for Cultural Heritage at Europeana. On top of talking about their wider work of making artworks and cultural piece from all over Europe accessible to the public online. During the interview, we also talked about the Europeana Sounds Conference 2016, their Policy Recommendations for improving online access to audio and audio-related heritage in Europe and their brand new page on Soundcloud. On a side note, White Market Podcast is becoming a fortnight event. Our slots on Soundart Radio and Spark Sunderland remain the same, though. The next episode will be online on December 18th and regular broadcasts can be expected every fortnight from that date onwards. LUKA$ – PCH (feat. BUSE) [Bandcamp] // CC BY-NC-ND The Impossebulls – A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturday Nite [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA Conscious Thoughts – Daydreamer (feat. Le Real) [Club Coral] // CC BY-NC-ND *Light-foot – Reckless Elect [Soundcloud] // CC BY George Bizet – L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) [LNB/NLL via Europeana] // CC BY-SA Mattias Westlund – Winters Call [Auboutdufil] // CC BY Ruido Selecto – Talismán [Monofonicos] // CC BY-NC-SA All the tracks used as background music during the interview are taken from Jon Luc Hefferman’s album “Elian Mor“. These tracks are available under a CC BY-NC licence. *Starfrosch Hot Track of the Week

After many technical difficulties, a lot of travelling and a week of unstoppable rain in the North East of England, the show is finally online. Being very honest, I would have liked it to have some extra content, but it was impossible after a series of unfortunate events. In a near future there’s still a European Commons Assembly special to come and a Europeana special as well! For now, here’s this week’s free music mix for you. François – Bem-Vindo [Sólo Le Pido A Dior] // CC BY-NC-SA Matt Kelly – 4 U (Single version) [Soundcloud] // CC BY Husky – I’ll be there for you [Soundcloud] // CC BY Vinze is Dead – Annexagone (What runs away never returns) [Kahvi] // CC BY-NC-ND Max Jahn – Satellite Circus [Broque] // CC BY-NC-ND Rag and Bones – Paralyzed [Jamendo] // CC BY-SA The Homeless Kids – Broadcast [FMA] // CC BY-NC-SA * She-Wolf – Circles [FMA] // CC BY-NC-SA Themed Restaurant – All the time [Bandcamp] // CC BY-NC-SA Woodland Associates – Cheap Date [Advanced Materials] // CC BY-NC Alex – Disconnect (feat. ducket) [CC Mixter] // CC BY-NC *Starfrosch Hot Track of The Week

This week we dive into yet another music-only session! From hip-hop to post-rock, from new music to great throwbacks, this episode come jam-packed with amazing tunes to suit all your needs. This episode also marks the beginning of a new feature called “Starfrosch Hot Track of the Week“, which is a collaboration with Starfrosch. If you want to know more about their Creative Commons chart, make sure you listen to our interview with Markus Koeller. The Impossebulls – No Country for Old Men [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA Severin – I Really Adore You [Needle Drop Co.] // CC BY-NC waterpistol – The Look You’re Giving Me [Jamendo] // CC BY-NC-ND Monkey Warhol – Waiting [FMA] // CC BY Ziegler Co. – Clarity [Foof Records] // CC BY-NC-SA *meltycanon – Romeo [Soundcloud] // CC BY-NC-SA ALMUNIA – Nisida Shores [Bad Panda Records] // CC BY-NC-SA Fodiator – Fodi Scope [Southern City’s Lab] // CC BY-NC-SA VUKOVAR – The Three Shades [Vulpiano Records] // CC BY-NC-ND As Above So Below – Exile [Enough Records] // CC BY-NC-SA Time.Space.Repeat – World Awake [Lost Children] // CC BY-NC-ND Hermelin – …Sharp Teeth [FMA] // CC BY-NC-SA

After mentioning the project several times on the show (and on the blog as well!), this week, I finally had the pleasure of talking to Markus Koller, the person behind the wonderful Starfrosch. Starfrosch is a Switzerland-based project that runs simultaneously as a podcast, a blog, an automated radio playlist and, last but definitely not least, as a Hot100 chart for Creative Commons music. Markus is a pioneer of Creative Commons music, having been an active member of the community for more than a decade now. So, it didn’t come as a surprise to find out that he knows quite a lot about the licences and some of the issues major CC music sharing platforms have. On top of that, we also talked about how he developed the website and the project over the years, and some of his own favourite music genres and platforms. Starfrosch is currently looking for bloggers who are into the most mainstream side of Creative Commons music to help them keep their blog alive and fresh. Let’s Eat Grandma – Deep Six Textbook [FMA] // CC BY-NC-ND Francis and The Lights – See Her Out [Soundcloud] // CC BY-NC-SA Starover – A Flower in Space [Needle Drop Co.] // CC BY-NC Starfrosch – Serie3 [Real Audio] // CC BY-NC-ND Javier Gómez Bello – Palabras [Jamendo] // CC BY-NC-SA Wowa & eckskwisit – Just Cool – [Wowa Music via Soundcloud] // CC-0 As background music for interview, you can find all the tracks of Circus Marcus album “Kalimba Session 2016-05-07“; all tracks available under CC BY-NC.

This week, White Market Podcast steps on the dance floor with classy beats and groovy bass lines. Between hip-hop, house and even a bit of drum ‘n’ bass, there’s a bit for almost every dance move set. Cheese N Pot C – Home Base (feat. Long John) [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA Mokhov – Midnight Love [Dusted Wax Kingdom] // CC BY-NC-ND Astronaut – Nobody Knows [Monofonicos] // CC BY-NC-SA Miami Slice – Cloud Nine [FMA] // CC BY-NC-ND Ramón León – Yeah [Plain Productions] // CC BY-NC-ND Phish Funk & Dave Kent – Hold On [Toucan Music] // CC BY-NC Dany F – Casiandó [Bandcamp] // CC BY-NC Self-Help – O Ella Me Llama [Cassette Blog] // CC BY-NC-SA Sunsplash – Delfines [Bandcamp] // CC BY-NC-SA SWIM – We Are Young [Soundcloud] // CC BY-NC-SA Neon Niteclub – I Want You [Jamendo] // CC BY-SA Chump Change – Footage [Yarn Audio] // CC BY.: Photo by Ewan Topping :. CC BY

This week, I had the chance to talk to Maarten Zeinstra, from Amsterdam-based think tank Kennisland, to find out more about the project Copyright Exceptions. We already know copyright law is particularly complex, but things do get even more confusing once you look at the different regulations each one of the 28 European Union countries has. On a completely different side note, I would like to thank to Starfrosch and Musique Libre for helping me out in finding the CC licence of This Mess is Mine release, which allowed me to play it on the show. They are both great resources if you’re into Creative Commons music, so make sure you check them out. Bembe Segue – Safa Solo [Bandcamp] // CC BY-NC-ND Maxwell Powers – After All You Say [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA Nick Vivid – Nothing’s Sacred Anymore [FMA] // CC BY-NC-ND Alpha Brutal – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright [Bandcamp] // CC BY-SA wecollectskies – Last Word of Home [Lost Children] // CC BY-NC-ND The Dandelion Council – Starry Nights in the Geodome [Archaic Horizon] // CC BY-NC-ND Heskin Radiophonic – The Suffolk Owl [Fwonk*] // CC BY-NC-SA This Mess Is Mine – Picture Postcard [Aerotone] // CC BY-NC-SA Janina & James – Good Man [Foof Records] // CC BY-NC-SA IZE – stick around [Z Tapes] // CC BY ISRA – Truthtellers [Jamendo] // CC BY-NC Jon Luc Hefferman – Upbeat [Needle Drop Co] // CC BY-NC The interview includes the following tracks as background music: “Clocks“, “Vacuum” and “Solitude” all by Jahzzar and available under CC BY-SA.

After two very special episodes, today we go back to a full music session. We have bedroom pop and undiscovered netlabels, as well as some older loves. As my dissertation is coming to an end, I will continue to release new epiosdes of White Market Podcast on a weekly basis. I have a few interviews and features planned, and I still have a White Market in Context I’d like to share about the show in relation to its community. For now, I would like to express my tremendous gratitude towards all the interviewees in this season (so far), to Soundart Radio and Diane Gray for their immense help with the radio broadcast side of it, and, of course, to all the artists and labels that keep releasing their music under Creative Commons. beat.dowsing – Knowns [Self-Published] // CC BY-NC-SA Dimitri Palikaris – Black Hole [Phonocake] // CC BY-NC-ND Broke for Free – tabulasa [Soundcloud] // CC BY Taseh – Caramella Peak [Monster Jinx / FMA] // CC BY-NC-SA Luz Safari – Tour [Fax Records] // CC BY-ND Safir Nòu – Land-Escape [La bèl] // CC BY-NC-SA bedbug – forgetting what its like to feel bad <3 [Z Tapes] // CC BY moving in – strawberry [Z Tapes] // CC BY Omar – Pescoço de Túlipa [Lixo Records] // CC BY-NC waterpistol – blue waters [Jamendo] // CC BY-NC-SA Small Colin – You & I Will Be [Rec72] // CC BY-SA Indian Wells – Racquets [Bad Panda Records] // CC BY-NC-SA

Pilot Eleven is a British netlabel that often swings its way towards also being a podcast about Creative Commons music. I found out about it last year, because of Netlabel Day and I was ever since quite intrigued with their work. This week, I sat down to talk to Graeme Gill, who is the person behind Pilot Eleven to find out a bit more about the project’s past, present and future. Of course, we also talked about music. Our Pilot Eleven special is also an experimental approach to the show. Hope you like it. Drey Grade – Rubha Hunish Reimagining (Mermaids and Seals) // CC BY-SA Distilled Logic – Black Hole a Disintegrating Mirror // CC BY-NC-ND Linden Pomeroy – Festival of Red Leaves // CC BY-SA Drey Grade – Underground Car Park With Rain Twon Attic With Rain // CC BY Drey Grade – Railings At Kilt Rock // CC BY Susan Matthews – A Room of Lights // CC BY-NC-ND Dallas Simpson – Gibraltar Point Car Park Windscape (vignette) // CC BY Silo Portem – Cavernous Foundry // CC BY-NC-ND Distilled Logic – Reflections on Space // CC BY-NC-ND Drey Grade – Byron Arrives // CC BY

This week, we dedicate some time and love to highlight the wonderful work of Free Music Archive. We only featured tracks that can be found on FMA, and we sat down to talk to Cheyenne Hohman, the Free Music Archive’s director. We talked about their current fundraiser, their work with curators and artists, the challenges they face and how anyone can help them. Support the Free Music Archive! Taseh – Caramella Peak // CC BY-NC-SA Broke For Free – Night Owl // CC BY BlunderBox – My Walls Ate My Sister’s Dog // CC BY-NC-SA DNVN – Aching Again // CC BY-NC XR Tabs – G Girls // CC BY-NC-ND Podington Bear – Streetbeat Heat // CC BY-NC Kevin MacLeod – Aurea Carmina – Full Mix // CC BY Fhernando – (I need ya) L.O.V.E. // CC BY-NC-SA The Dirty Moogs – Space Girlfriend (Instrumental) // CC BY-NC The interview includes the following track as background music: Darksunn – Forget Me Nots // CC BY-NC-SA

Following the reveal of the EU Copyright Reform Proposal, this show had to feature it. The text is a disappointment, but there’s still a lot that can be done to make it change. The piece is available for separate download in a variety of formats, so make sure you share it, remix it, use it for whatever you need, just spread the word! We also went aboard the public domain ship, once again, and found a bit more about “The Little Prince”. Last but not the least, we brought you more than a handful of awesome free tracks – most of them with permissions for remixing. You might have noticed that the podcast was only made available a few days later than usual. That’s because our slot on Spark Sunderland has moved to Sundays at 9pm. Randy Hobbs – Loving You [ OMEAC Records ] // CC BY-NC-SA cultureculture – Ashton Kuther, Come Back [ Bandcamp ] // CC BY-NC-SA mus.hiba – hitomi (feat. Abigail Press) [ Bunkai-Kei ] // CC BY-NC-SA Jahzzar – Vault [ FMA ] // CC BY-SA Alex Finch – Because You Hold Me Tight [ Needle Drop Co. ] // CC BY-NC-SA Sax on the Road – Mouraria Music Club [ ZigurArtists ] // CC BY-NC-SA Chicocorrea – Zum Zum [ Cassette Blog ] // CC BY-NC-SA Tab & Anitek – ToyNBee [ Jamendo ] // CC BY-NC-ND Jasmine Jordan – Smile [ Jamendo ] // CC BY-NC-ND Ziegler Co. – Waking Up At Sunset [ Foof Records ] // CC BY-NC-SA notforme! – These Words Are Now Colours [ Southern City’s Lab ] // CC BY-NC-SA.: Photo by Dennis Skley :. CC BY-ND