Thursday, September 14, 2006

Classical Music Available No Where Else

Logo of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum podcastsCreative Commons licensing logoThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum now provides "free recordings of classical music performed live in the museum's Tapestry Room. These exclusive recordings from [the Museum's] regular concert series feature performances by acclaimed master musicians and up-and-coming young artists."

Five programs are currently available and a new program is posted every two weeks.

Licensed under a Creative Commons license, the Museum's podcasts allow users to download, copy, file-share, trade, distribute, and publicly perform (e.g. webcast) the concerts, provided the user meets the following requirements:
  • Noncommercial. A person may not sell copies of this music or make any other commercial use of this music.
  • No Derivative Works. The user may not sample or remix this music.
  • Attribution. The original author must receive credit.

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