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Open-source record labels arerecord labels that release music undercopyleftlicenses, that is, licenses that allow free redistribution and may allow free modification of the tracks.
They present free,libre, andopen content, and present this a part of thefreedoms of expression and speech, with the goal of opening up the possibilities of media through open collaboration. Some musicians dislike corporate control of music via means ofcopyright and believe that creativity requires that musicians reappropriate and reinterpret music and sounds to enable them to create truly innovative music. Additionally,copyleft enables musicians to develop music collaboratively.
Some other labels, likeNoCopyrightSounds,[4] give broad royalty-free license which is open content.[5]
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