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jason on 09/21/2011 at 04:00PM
Vimeo connects video producers with video-safe Creative Commons music thru FMA API
Free Music Archive artists who wish to participate in the open sharing of their works now have a direct line to video producers through Vimeo. The classy video-hosting site is utilizing the Free Music Archive's API to index the video-safe portion of our library (i.e. Creative Commons tracks that don't have the "NoDerivatives" clause) as the free option in their "Music Store".
Vimeo is the go-to resource for creative independent video producers, and its community exists specifically to support noncommercial artists, so this is an exciting moment that will help those of us who share our music under these licenses to expand our reach.
From Vimeo's announcement:
As many of you know, finding music for your videos can be somewhat... well, painful. Licensing music on your own can be confusing and finding good free music can take forever. Many of us here at Vimeo are video creators or filmmakers as well and we experience these frustrations on a regular basis. So, we decided to do something about it.
The majority of FMA music is pre-cleared for noncommercial use only, so it might sound strange for free music to be included in something called a "Music Store" alongside paid music from Audiosocket. But for many artists, free noncommercial sharing is part of a broader promotional strategy, and leads to lucrative commercial opportunities. We always love to hear from FMA artists about the cool collaborations that result when video producers discover their music on the FMA -- viral videos that reach 2 million views, commissioned scores for new documentary films, the mobile app soundtracks -- so please chime in if you have a story to tell.
Vimeo introduced Creative Commons licensing for video last summer, so we've already seen some inspiring video projects powered by CC music from the FMA educational projects, travelogues, time lapses, recipe-sharing, and science videos to the immensely popular cute animal videos. We look forward to the works that this bridge between the CC Music Community and the CC Video Community will inspire.
It sounds like the Music Store is going to continue to evolve, so if you have feedback you can leave a comment here.
