While thinking about my open-source Craftyy, an idea struck me.
What if there was a crowdfunded contest for Creative Commons music?
The best musicians get prize money from the people, by making freely-available music for the people!
1) Crowdfund the prize money -- all the money goes towards the winners, and the prize amount can keep increasing with more donations.
2) Musicians enter their music into the contest -- it only has to be Creative Commons licensed if they win.
3) Top three musicians win the prize monies.
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So, DEAR MUSICIANS OF NEWGROUNDS:
1) Would you CC-license one of your existing songs, a new one, or none?
2) What CC license are you most comfortable with, if any?
3) Overall, would you participate in such a contest?
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Fo' reference:
- Creative Commons
- Crowdfunding on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo
Here's a Junji Ito / Friendship is Magic crossover.
Adam-Beilgard
I see a lot of potential sponsors being turned off because the Audio Portal already hosts 15-20 contests a year with prizes ranging form store credit to cash money. The sad part is that these contests rarely even see the same people enter and some don't even fill the slots alotted, meaning everyone moves to the finals by default.
Maybe if the crowdfunding is well in place and people see the potential for beaucoup bucks, they'll enter. But like I said, I predict funders waiting for interest from musicians before moving and musicians waiting for interest from funders before committing.
Also, unless there's something special about the CC License you linked - all music here at NG is part of that licensing, already.
Nutcasenightmare (Updated )
Hm, you're right about the circular dependency of funders & musicians waiting on each other. Suppose funding will have to come before the contest for this to work at all.
Very good points, thanks for helping me find the flaws!