[Yr11 Information Technology] Playlist.com Music for Free

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Some of the people that are promoting their work online are indie artists.
They work hard to get the coverage and airplay without the promotional
backing of a major recording label. One works with me in my office ;-)

Great thing about the Intenet is the way that it has enabled them to
directly contact their fans and promote their work.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_music

Here is a good interview with an musician here that explains a lot about how
he works.
     http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15795

Whilst I listened to some streaming free-to-air music on a local radio
station on the long drive home, I didnt hear a "you wouldn't steal a handbag
.. " audio commercial. We should never spook students into feeling guilty
about downloading, sharing or listening to free music, the issue is more
complex and interesting than that.

We should explain the different laws, legal rights and creative commons
licences that can be used to protect artistic work. Along this journey, it
doesnt hurt to mention the work by some indie artists that encourage
downloads, remashing and interpretation (often with due attribution).

Regards Roland

2009/8/2 <mppascoe at bigpond.com>

>  Folks,
>
>
>
> There is a free Online internet application called "Playlist" that a friend
> showed me recently. It allows users to make collections of tunes that can be
> played 24x7 anywhere there is internet access.  (Kind of like the ultimate
> zero cost itunes).
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>
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> As far as I know, the music artists and record companies do not get any
> money from this.
>
> Yet it does not seem to be illegal; (because the site is still running?).
> Perhaps it cannot be deemed illegal because we are just going directly to
> where the music is, rather than copying or moving the music anywhere.
>
>
>
> Playlist could be good to bring up as part of the Year 11 IT “Issues”
> section, when talking about music piracy and
>
> Illegal downloads and sharing.
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> Details, a step by step “How To”, and an example Playlist can be found
> here: http://tinyurl.com/PwPlaylist
>
>
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Paul Pascoe
>
> ICT / Maths Teacher
>
> St Francis Xavier College, Berwick.
>
> http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com
>
>
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-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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