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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 as it’s being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.

There’s quite a lengthy form to fill out for each track you want to use with lots and lots of checkboxes to cover all eventualities. If you want to use any of the otherwise free music in a commercial project, you’ll be making a donation to the humane society. That’s not so bad.

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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 the years - this one’s on me)

What’s more, the entire work is released under a Creative Commons license (Attribution, Non-commercial, share-alike) which basically means you can do anything you want with it, provided you don’t charge anybody for the pleasure of listening to whatever you create with it. If Creative Commons is new to you, I encourage you to read more about it.

The source files used in the album are available at remix.nin.com. Enjoy!

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 remixing.

The MP3 metadata includes the comment, “Go to www.nin.com May 5″, so there’s a very good chance a full album will be available that day.