Last year, at the INK Conference, music director Shantanu Moitra spoke about his passion for folk music in India, and the worry that much of this music may be lost to the world with time, as traditions fade. This year, he showcased a prototype of Folksome, which allows users to submit folk music to an online repository, which maps it to a region. This is an INK project, and they're accepting music submissions through voice calls, via +91-888-000-9939, asking those submitting the music to leave their name and coordinates, and place your phone near the source of music. Videos can be submitted through the web. Nikhil Velpanur, Director, Fellows Program and INKTalks.com told MediaNama that they then geotag the music and place it on the map. In addition, Moitra is planning to bring in ethno-musicologists to track the history. Now two issues come to mind: Rights Who owns the rights to the music? Three parties are involved here - the performers, the person making the recording, and Folksome, which is publishing the music, assuming that since it is traditional music. It's the equivalent of a bootlegged track. Ideally, this should be a commons repository, but someone needs to release it to a creative commons license. (P.s.: please correct me if I'm wrong about this) Also, I noticed that you can listen to music, but can't download it. Keeping it alive We've seen this all too often - when a community project begins, there is some initial enthusiasm, but wanes over…
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