Following the free, creative commons-licensed release of “The Slip”, Nine Inch Nails went on tour. They planned to make a DVD of the concert, but the video production company pulled out at the last minute, leaving Trent no other option but to allow video cameras into the arena for the last few shows of the [...]
We learned via SXSW Baby! (related story including interview) that musician Moby has made a collection of music available for free to filmmakers. Details:
‘film music’, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short. the music is free as long [...]
In the early morning of May 5, 2008, Nine Inch Nails once again made history by releasing an entire album of previously-unheard songs (except for “Discipline”) for free. It’s completely free. They’re not even asking for donations. Trent Reznor, the band’s principal architect, explained it this way:
(thank you for your continued and loyal support over [...]
Adrian McEwen, a fan of the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Conference, took it upon himself to put together a DVD of some of his favorite TED talks. Since more than 200 TED talks are available under a Creative Commons license, Adrian was free to do so, and we think that’s way cool.
Adrian’s goal was [...]
I just found out about two huge sources of free audio samples licensed Creative Commons (Attribution, Commercial works allowed):
More than 10 GB of sound samples created for the One Laptop Per Child project, but available to everyone (About / Torrent). Includes music cues and sound effects.
Roughly 3 GB of “tempo-based sample library of synthetic loops” [...]
Stephen Fry (wikipedia entry) is a legendary entertainer with a lot to say. He’s been in the (mostly British) public eye for the last 25 years and has started podcasting his thoughts in what he calls “Stephen Fry’s Podgrams”. He’s eloquent, funny, succinct, and he doesn’t want me to link to his web site.
The terms [...]
“Let the wiki win” is what the man said by way of announcing the wiki dedicated to himself.
It’s this kind of brief geeky poetry which has garnered him such a large, dedicated following. Not only was it smart for the “geek rocker” to create a wiki (most of his fans have been taking an active [...]
Musician and music distribution pioneer Trent Reznor last night released the new single from an upcoming album. It’s called “Discipline”, and is available for free right now. There’s no official word on the copyright situation of the song (“Ghosts”, released just a few weeks ago, is Creative Commons), but the raw audio is available for [...]
