Hey all,

Just making a quick announcement about the plans for this community, as well as giving some transparency about a post I deleted last night, as the two are tied together, and I feel it would be best to address both in one go.

So last night I deleted a post I made a few weeks ago sharing this song, which was a nice Complextro track that I heavily enjoyed. Reason being is that if one looks at the licensing terms, it gives an asterisk next to the Noncommercial point, stating that details can be discussed if one wishes to use the song for commercial purposes.

I feel that while the song showcases that it is BY-NC-SA via the Commons Deed, that the spirit of the deed is not being adhered to with this exception. I found last night in trying to find new music to share from Newgrounds that this is a very common exception for uploads to the site. On top of this, tracks from Newgrounds can also not follow the spirit of the BY-NC-SA license in the opposite direction, being more restrictive in only allowing noncommercial use if the music is used for webgames and animations, and requiring artist permission for other uses.

As this community is hosted on a PieFed instance, I have been meaning to utilize the wiki feature for some time now in order to create a guide for means to find new music that adheres to the values of the community and the BY-NC-SA license. For example, I have recently discovered a method of finding good BY-NC-SA music via BandCamp, and wish to share it with others here so that they can find and share BY-NC-SA music that they personally enjoy.

I also want to point out certain genres of music that are harder to work with, for what reasons that’s the case, and on what specific platforms that’s an issue if applicable. Examples include personal favourite genres of mine such as Frenchcore and Mashcore, which often remixes of one or multiple songs that don’t use the BY-NC-SA license, or Country music, which has a unique issue on SoundCloud of having unlabelled AI-generated content that a trained ear can catch.

While I will continue to try and post music daily to this community to keep it active, if posts slow down, I want to make it clear and transparent that the community is NOT dead. The slowdown will be because of work being done on the community’s wiki in order to help future members of the community find music that adheres to the spirit of the license, and showcase to people wanting to change their listening habits based on license type that it is possible to make change with the proper tools and knowledge.

Please let me know your thoughts here. As stated before, I want to build a community here, and don’t want this to be a space which is molded by one person. If you feel that I’m being too restrictive regarding posts, or have any other concerns regarding the community that you wish to voice, I want to hear them.

Cheers!