TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

A new music platform, Uppbeat , aims to make it easier for YouTubers and other content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos. based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine , which has been operating for about six years. That led to deciding to build Uppbeat,” he says.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

based music platform Uppbeat has been developing a service that makes it easier for content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos published to platforms like YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and others. based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine. million GBP ($6.15

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Startup Adthos this week launched a platform that uses AI to generate scripts for audio ads — and even add voiceovers, sound effects and music. Wedel says that the voice actors are “fully aware” of the platform and paid either a flat fee or a licensing fee for the use of their voice, based on their preferences.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Instagram has posted its guidelines for using copyrighted music during live videos, Stories, and other posts on the platform, and part of the announcement includes a new update to the notification that pops up to tell users they’re using unlicensed art in ways that violate its rules. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Instagram.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

We decided that there wasn’t really the right kind of platform out there for this type of storytelling, so we decided to develop our own mobile platform to uniquely share these stories in an audio format.” We’re not licensed therapists, we don’t try to act like we are,” Nam said. ” Image Credits: Mindset.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Being able to sample audio from other users’ videos is one of TikTok’s greatest strengths. Shorts users can already sample sounds from other Shorts videos (as well as from a library of licensed music). But this update will greatly expand the audio they have easy access to. Image: YouTube. Image: YouTube.

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TechSpot

JULY 31, 2020

Facebook users have been able to share audio clips of select licensed material on the site, but not official music videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

The next technique that I am exploring in my screencasting/videocasting skill set is the addition of music. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1. My (incorrect) perception that non-copyrighted music is crap. Finding Good Quality Music Sources Isn't Impossible. Trade Off: What value does music add?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2008

Planet Read added subtitles to Bollywood music videos. In addition to a print book, they have multimedia content that animates the characters and adds audio narration. I also watched them use licensed characters from top Asian media properties to create a fresh set of content.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has sued Roblox for letting users upload music from Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, deadmau5, and other artists without paying a licensing fee. The NMPA filed suit yesterday on behalf of several major music publishers. Image: Roblox.

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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

While Amazon has allowed companies to build skills for Alexa and allows pretty much any consumer electronic device maker to integrate Alexa into a compatible product, the e-commerce giant has not licensed the underlying AI tech for use in other assistant-like products. Amazon is calling the new offering Alexa Custom Assistant.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Hot Pod Summit is the invite-only industry conference for the people building the future of the audio industry. It will kick off On Air Fest, the audio industry’s premier cultural festival, featuring Jad Abumrad, Chuck D, Dr. Jane Goodall, and more. Spotify is reportedly the top music streaming app. Buy your tickets here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Years ago, Big Tech companies like Google decided that they profit more by stealing smaller companies’ intellectual property than buying or licensing it. It secured a licensing deal with Google in 2013, when Google agreed to make its music service, Google Play Music, work with Sonos speakers. The problem? Adam Mossoff.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

EssilorLuxottica , for instance, has come up with a winning formula for smart glasses in both the Meta Ray-Bans and its Nuance Audio hearing aids, which pack just enough technology to avoid looking uncool. Open earbuds are an area of increasing interest for audio brands, though none has put quite the same emphasis on all-day comfort.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

TikTok announced two new integrations for its app on Thursday: sharing audio back into TikTok using the new Sound Kit, and using your TikTok account to log in to other apps with Login Kit. Sharing audio from outside apps to TikTok using Sound Kit and Login Kit. TikTok’s audio library could grow even larger. Image: TikTok.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 14, 2011

Should museums play music - in public spaces and or in galleries? Pros for music: Music helps designers frame the atmosphere for the intended experience at the museum. You can pick music that helps people get into a reflective, active, or social mood--whatever you are trying to achieve. Licensing fees.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

Turned out wireless audio could be much better than what we’ve slowly grown accustom to over the years. At the base of the firm’s various headphones was customizable audio profiles, created by mapping the unique architecture of the wearer’s ear. But the point was clear. No one ever said hardware was easy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. Flash (and, therefore, YouTube) is working, as is Java.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2015

If you're creating a video, a podcast, an online training, or any other project that might benefit from adding some sweet tunes, the Free Music Archive (FMA) offers more than 80,000 free, completely legal-to-use audio downloads. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. Visit the Music for Video page.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creative tasks, like creating music, drawing new pictures, or creating videos. accuracy on US Medical License Exam questions ( MedQA ), surpassing the prior ML state-of-the-art by over 17%. The video is an example from the 50 Salads dataset , used under the Creative Commons license. All kinds of tasks.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If it’s a captioned/narrated video, the background music is very important. Just as in movie scores, the music can set the tone and enforce the message. A note about music: Do not use licensed music without permission. Free Music Archive: [link]. YouTube also has its own audio library offerd free of charge.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

In particular, the company said the Joe Rogan Experience, which it now exclusively licenses, “performed above expectations.”. It’s a similar story with the company’s Car Thing music player which is only getting a limited launch for now, and which the company is currently giving away rather than selling.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In September, TikTok reached a settlement with Standing that included a licensing agreement. If you want to add voice effects to your Reel, which lets you modify audio including a voice-over, after recording a Reel, tap the music note to open the audio mixer, tap “effects” and choose the voice effect you want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2007

Search on flickr using creative commons licensing. The transitions and music is the same - a count to four beats of the music and the same transition. The rhytm of music is making me want more jump cuts and faster pace. Change the music or change the transitions so they better match.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 25, 2023

Medical Licensing Exam–style questions, illustrating its exciting potential for health. MusicLM At I/O, we launched MusicLM, a text-to-music model that generates 20 seconds of music from a text prompt. AudioLM generates high quality audio with long-term consistency. Med-PaLM 2 achieved 86.5% performance on U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. Videos should be clear to understand if employing dialogue or music. As was noted, "creativity and passion" can overcome what is lacking in technical quality.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Users cannot use the app to access email or perform any useful function until after they go to the Basecamp website for Hey Email and purchase a license to use the HEY Email app. The HEY Email app is marketed as an email app on the App Store, but when users download your app, it does not work. Next Steps.

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2021

There are a variety of ways you can add music or other audio to your videos. If you like the audio in a video you’re watching, you can tap on the moving circle in the lower-right corner. That will bring you to a page of videos that feature music from the artist. Adding sound. And then, there is sound.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

Meta embraces generative AI music: Meta this week announced AudioCraft , a framework to generate what it describes as “high-quality,” “realistic” audio and music from short text descriptions, or prompts. Fortunately this was not a rogue general AI but an also-ran digital assistant whose time had come.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Built-in mike MicroTrack 2 by M-Audio. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network. Includes support for first year. About $270 on Amazon.com.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The Broadway musical Hamilton (starting July 3rd). One nice touch is that Disney Plus always shows the various video and audio formats that a piece of content is available in, so even if your device can’t play something in 4K, you’ll at least know the option is there on TV screens. Disney animated films. Pixar movies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Also, the game is licensed under creative commons - which means folks are welcomed to use as long as share and share like (with attribution). The pitches included costumes, music, video filmed on-site, mock-ups, and social media demos. They spent the next 24 hours refining the pitch. And then the fun really started! How did it go?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A fun and affordable way to introduce Alexa to your kiddos through age-appropriate content, audiobooks, music, and more, the Echo Pop is "Amazon's top smart speaker for children," according to our friends at PCMag (also owned by Ziff Davis). Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Opens in a new window Credit: Blink Blink Outdoor Floodlight Camera $86.99

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

This means that if hosts want to tell their listeners about a new project, the single best way to do so would be through audio published on their already established feed. Joe Rogan, for example, is licensing his show and feed to Spotify exclusively and will share in the ad revenue. He suggests the hosts could license their feed.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Apple Music for Android contains mentions of rumored ‘Apple One’ services bundle. ? Kim Lyons on a blockbuster deal: Arm will operate as an division of Nvidia and will remain headquartered in the UK, and, will “continue to operate its open-licensing model, while maintaining its global customer neutrality,” the company said.

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