p2pnet.net News:- GarageBand.com says it’s now offering the Creative Commons Music Sharing License as an optional tag for all songs uploaded to its website so fans to copy and share music downloads, “as long as they don’t make commercial uses or alter the work”.

The display of the license on participating GarageBand.com song pages will let people know what they can copy or share.

“Having augmented its existing membership with a recently announced deal to resurrect the former MP3.com archive, GarageBand now stands to offer Creative Commons licensing to over 300,000 bands with over 1.8 million songs,” it says in a statement.

“GarageBand’s move to offer the Music Sharing License is huge step for the world of independent music,” says Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig.

“The Net has long facilitated music sharing and distribution - technically. Creative Commons … further facilitates sharing - legally.”

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