Bad Panda Records

Bad Panda Records is a Rome, Italy based free-download label releasing a new Creative Commons licensed song every monday.
Inspired by the Wired article written by David Byrne in 2007, and by the pioneering Free Music Movement aiming for music ‘liberalization’ since the early 90s, and finally by Lawrence Lessig that laid the foundations of a free culture, Bad Panda Records has been sharing songs and interview with musicians since December 2009.
Bad Panda Records "has been made possible by the cooperation of friends, who share a great passion for music and an interest in the future of music industry. The number of contributors to Bad Panda Records have been growing thanks to a common desire to voluntarily and freely help the cause by taking part in the project. They believes that Creative Commons (CC) has articulated a radical view of what this might look like by advocating the freedom of creative work, which can be altered, used, shared by others. CC licenses work alongside copyright, allowing artists to legally share their work while maintaining all of their rights and the licenses given to the author, instead of losing them to lawyers or publishers. Many musicians are already making use of these licenses to disseminate their music and build creative dialogues with fans and other artists. Consider the file-sharing debacle that continues to plague the music industry. Artists are already finding their music shared for free online, outside of their control. Rather than wasting many precious resources attempting to kill music piracy, it seems more practical to embrace sharing and develop something appropriate for the post-napster world."
Releases
All releases are free for download under Creative Commons :
Andy & Muzz - Hands to the Ground, (CC by-nc-sa)
CJ Lavoire - The First of The Year (CC by-nc-sa)
Louis Aguilar - Six Feet Under (CC by-nc-nd)
American Green - She Goes to France (CC by-nc-nd)
Barzin - It’s Come To This (CC by-nc-nd)
Growsound - Wet Highway (CC by)
Boy Without God - City Kids (CC by-nc-nd)
Jon Coyle - Friends In A Circle (CC by-nc-sa)
The Underscore Orkestra - Balancing Act (CC by-nc-sa)
The Sleeping Sea - Palms (CC by-nc-sa)
Metal on Metal - Bastard (The Sequel) (CC by-nc-sa)
Taiga Blues - Karussell (CC by-nc-nd)
Mojib - May Day Revisited (with Unkle & the Radio Dept)
A Weather - Giant Stairs (CC by-nc-sa)
The Jakesperiment - Scwarz (CC by-nc-sa)
Maryos - African Era (CC by-nc-sa)
Great Lake Swimmers - Gonna Make It Through This Year (CC by-nc-sa)
Yawn - Kind of Guy (CC by-nc-sa)
Riding Along for Thousands of Miles - Brick City Love Song (CC by-nc-sa)
Friendly Foliage - Masonic Meadows (CC by-nc-sa)
Gareth Dickson - Noon (CC by-nc-sa)
worriedaboutsatan - Pissing About (Golau Glau’s re-mash) (CC by-nc-nd)
Strayfolk - What wouldn’t I do (CC by-nc-sa)
Slutet - Psykbryt / Vilse (CC by-nc-sa)
Gaspar Claus - An inexhaustible feeling (CC by-nc-sa)
Ben Stepner - Islands (CC by)
Paralyze Humanity Sequence - Fuzzy Breathing (CC by-nc-sa)
Errnois - Happiness (CC by-nc-sa)
The American Dollar - Flood (CC by-nc-nd)
Hi Tiger - Stop Believing (CC by-nc-sa)
Teamforest - Blind / Most Things Are Doomed (CC by-nc-sa)
The Great Red Shark & Jason Hunter - Wander With Me (CC by-nc-nd)
NQ - Within Reach (CC by-nc-sa)
End’s Not Near - Indian Summer (CC by-nc-sa)
Beast, Please Be Still - Mastodon March, Smilodon Smile (CC by-nc-sa)
Kira Kira - Drakula Darling (CC by-nc-sa)
The Lucky Dip Escapade - Camp Fire Song (CC by-nc-sa)
Good Weather For An Airstrike - The Beginning Of The Rest Of Our Lives (CC by-nc-sa)
Desmond & The Tutus - High Five (CC by-nc-sa)
Bing And Ruth - Rails (CC by-nc-sa)
Ezequiel Ezequiel - Dear Permafrost (CC by-nc-sa)
Frederik Teige - What Is New (CC by-nc-sa)
Patrick Lee - Quittin’ Time (CC by-nc-sa)
junior85 - Raymondscott (CC by-nc-sa)
Symfoniorkestern - Vilse (Slutet cover) (CC by-nc-sa)
Talvihorros - The Blue Cathedral (CC by-nc-sa)
Royal Hideouts - Deaf Sister (CC by-nc-sa)
Leonard Mynx - Song With No Name (CC by-nc-sa)
Rocketnumbernine - You Reflect Me (CC by-nc-sa)
Dumbo Gets Mad - Eclectic Prawn (CC by-nc-sa)
All India Radio - Lucky (CC by-nc-sa)
Útidúr - Fisherman’s Friend / Grasping for Thoughts (CC by-nc-sa)
Foxes In Fiction - Jimi Bleachball (CC by-nc-nd)
Baby Scream - Nicole (CC by-nc-sa)
James Yates - A72 (CC by-nc-nd)
Anders Ilar - Traveller (CC by-nc-sa)
Kriget - Martyr (CC by-nc-sa)
Bomarr - Exchanges Among Systems (CC by-nc-sa)

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