Hi Mark, >> Since Mixxx is free software I'd suggest to encourage the DJs to use >> free music for their sets. That way they can made available for download >> without worry about license fees. > > Encouraging awareness of free music is noble, but rather limiting. After > all, Mixxx is free DJ software, not free music.
Of course it is. And using free music is limiting is as limiting as using free some software instead of unfree software with a much richer featureset. > It would be better IMO to encourage a platform like MixCloud if playing > copyrighted music, because of its allowance for royalties. And then the > competition does not need to be restricted. > > http://support.mixcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/157244-is-mixcloud-licensed-to-play-copyrighted-music- What about going both ways? One challenge for "classical" songs, the other challenge for free songs? I'm pretty sure, that 99% of the audience will here no difference. :o) Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
