Startups
ccMixter.org, the most prominent experiment in free music culture, began in 2004 with a series of remix contests hosted by Creative Commons in conjunction with Wired Magazine featuring The Beastie Boys, David Byrne and other innovative musicians.
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Overview
Location
United States, California, San Diego
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2006
Mentions in press and media 7
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| May 22, 2014 | Open Source Chief at Redhat Hit With Bogus Copyright Claims | As the largest user-generated content site, YouTube employs ContentID, a system that scans uploads and compares them to a list of works in its databases. If a match is found YouTube can take a variety of actions, from disabling the upload e... |
| Nov 25, 2009 | Free and Better Demo Music with ccMixter | If I see another screencast using the iMovie default songs, I’m going to go nuts. Music sets the tone for how you want others to perceive your company and choosing a generic soundtrack is like branding yourself boring. In the past, videogra... |
| Aug 27, 2009 | US Gov't Briefing For All Employees: All Music Downloads Are Stolen, Risky | A bunch of folks have sent over a post on Slashdot detailing how a mandatory US gov’t briefing on “information security” uses incredibly hyperbolic and inaccurate information, including the idea that all music downloads are theft and insecu... |
| Dec 15, 2006 | JamGlue Launches "Remixing for the Masses" | JamGlue, one of the YCombinator companies, publicly launched today. JamGlue is an online community, similar to SpliceMusic, where you can listen to or mix music from a library of tracks and other mixes. JamGlue was originally in private bet... |
| Nov 19, 2006 | How to install LimeWire on Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) | If you’re an Ubuntu user, you’ve probably upgraded to the new version 6.10 (Edgy Eft). If you haven’t, I recommend you leave it that way for now, especially if less-experienced people other than yourself also use the computer it’s installed... |
| Oct 2, 2006 | Remixing | culture is not a crime Originally uploaded by Dawn Endico. I attended a lecture by Larry Lessig on Creative Commons on Friday afternoon. Many of you have probably seen Larry’s stump speech and the remixes in it are simply amazing. So I woke... |
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FAQ about ccMixter.org
When was ccMixter.org founded?
ccMixter.org was founded in 2006.
What has the press written about ccMixter.org?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning ccMixter.org, among them “Open Source Chief at Redhat Hit With Bogus Copyright Claims” (May 22, 2014) and “Free and Better Demo Music with ccMixter” (Nov 25, 2009).
Is ccMixter.org still active?
Yes, ccMixter.org is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 2, 2017.