Why am I (still) doing this to myself?
Thoughts on #ccmusic and its friends
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In this year 2024, I have devoted myself almost exclusively to caring for a family member. This has raised many existential questions for me and I haven’t found time to answer them, let alone even formulate them clearly. So here is an attempt at a beginning.
I am still committed to the idea of free access to culture. Especially the #ccmusic scene, i.e. all the people who publish music under a Creative Commons license. Call it netaudio, netlabels, whatever. I like #ccmusic, it’s established itself as a hashtag. And I also like the idea of the “Free Culture Movement”. And I also like the idea of the “friends of ccmusic” – a group that is currently forming.
But why do I like it? Why do I (still) put so much energy into making music available for free? What do I get out of it?
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