Musikethos.org

Mission Statement

The Musikethos.org project begins with the intent of promoting the musical creations and interpretations of a group of professional musicians. Through the website, we offer -free of charge- an archive of recordings not available on the market. The archive -whose formation is progressive- is made up only of music that artists can use freely:

• Music in the public domain (for which the protection guaranteed by copyright has expired −70 years after the death of the composer- making its reproduction, distribution, and reworking free);

• or contemporary music by composers who authorize the not-for-profit distribution of their work through the site with the use of the Creative Commons licences.

The idea behind the project is that of exploiting the great opportunities for free use available in genres that are currently neglected by the mass audiences, such as classical and jazz music. The Creative Commons licences -designed to favor the divulgation of knowledge- allow a not-for-profit accessibility to text, audio and video recordings that would be impossible -in the physical world- without resorting to entreprenurial structures (recording labels, editors, producers, etc). Within the scope of these licences, Musikethos.org makes use mostly of a kind of preventive authorization (“translated” into a sort of digital tag tied to each downloaded piece) that allows the single user free private copy and not-for-profit distribution, as long as he respects the paternity and the integrity of the work or recording acquired.