Rifflet

De site omschrijft zichzelf als: "A rifflet is a piece of a song–a bass line, a guitar riff, a drum beat or something else entirely. Share your rifflets and combine them with others, or even upload a finished song. Here’s the catch: every rifflet must be less than 60 seconds. The idea is to only upload a part of a song, or an idea for a song, or just a couple of guitar chords you think are cool. Then, you can download parts of other people songs (like a drumbeat) that you can combine with your ideas. If you’re a dj, you can use all these great pieces of proto-songs for remixes without worrying about royalties or copyright restrictions, because these sounds are all on this site for the purpose of being remixed".

Rifflet biedt haar gebruikers het gehele spectrum aan CC licenties om online samen te werken. CreativeCommons juicht deze ontwikkelingen toe:

"This integration is exactly what CC is meant for in that it easily facilitates the conscious sharing and reuse of works in a manner that remains legally sound without becoming overbearing for non-legal minds".

Dat gezegd hebbende is er nog wel ruimte voor verbetering:

"With this said, Rifflet’s implementation could improve in two main ares. Firstly, it would be helpful for these licences to be more prominent on Rifflet’s home page (license choice is only visible after you click on a track) . Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Rifflet should look towards CC Mixter’s “Uses Samples From” widget in providing attribution for rifflets that are turned into full songs".

Alhoewel de Creative Commons licenties pas zichtbaar zijn als je een nummer wilt uploaden is de uitleg dan wel weer goed vormgegeven en duidekijk. Een kind kan de was doen, zogezegd. Rifflet creëert online een gebruiksvriendelijke open plek waar muzikanten kunnen delen, mixen en hergebruiken.

Auteur: Joanne van den Eijnden