What is Creative Commons?

All releases on this site are available through free downloads under a Creative Commons license, most of them under BY-NC-SA (unless noted).

We would love you to share the music you like, link to it from your site, play it in your podcast/radioshow, tweet about it, scrobble it on last.fm, recomend it to everyone you know.

BY-NC-SA says that:

You are free: to share (to copy, distrbute and transmit the work) and to remix (to adapt the work)
Under the following condictions: attribution (you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor), noncommercial (you may not use this work for commercial purposes), share alike (if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one).

We explicitly authorize the use of all the music during for-profit DJ performances, radio broadcasts and in online DJ mixes. We do ask that you notify us of your use for our own curiosity and that Bad Panda and the artist are attributed and linked to where possible. If in doubt what you’re allowed to do with the music read contact us at badpandarecords at gmail dot com.

What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization

They work to increase the amount of creativity (cultural, educational, and scientific content) in “the commons” — the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing.

CC provides free, easy-to-use legal tools

Their tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The Creative Commons licenses enable people to easily change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”

Some Rights Reserved

Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright and the public domain. From all rights reserved to no rights reserved. Their licenses help you keep your copyright while allowing certain uses of your work — a “some rights reserved” copyright.

CC Licenses work alongside copyright

Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright, so you can modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs. They’ve collaborated with intellectual property experts all around the world to ensure that their licenses work globally.

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