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@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ TMM distributes music using the
[CC BY-NC-SA License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
and always **under explicit constent from the original authors**.
TMM aims to provide a private experience to its users and make them less
dependable on close-sourced platforms whose contents might get removed at any
point without prior notification, negatively affecting the end users.
The video hosting platform used by TMM is powered by
[NodeTube](https://github.com/mayeaux/nodetube), which is free software
originally released under the MIT License. However, TMM relicenses its NodeTube
@ -77,5 +81,45 @@ As contacting and convincing well-known artists might be difficult, emerging
artists and smaller acts should be contacted first to get their content
uploaded into TMM.
*Google, YouTube and Spotify are trademarks of their respective owners. This
project is not affiliated to any of them.*
## FAQ
- **How do the authors make profit if they are releasing their music using a
license like the CC BY-NC-SA?**
The CC BY-NC-SA license ensures content can be downloaded and shared with others
as long as it is distributed under the same terms. Also, the license includes
a non-commercial clause which means users downloading and sharing content
cannot profit from it, as TMM wants to give such right only to the original
authors, who deserve they hard work to be paid.
Therefore, authors can still license their music under any other license that
benefits them. As an analogy, some free software libraries are released under a
dual licensing scheme, tipically using a copyleft license such as the GPLv3
which forces works using this software to be released under the same license and
a paid license for corporate users. This guarantees the software remains free
for individuals without interest in profit while forcing companies to pay for
it unless they release their software under the same copyleft license.
- **How does TMM compare to other platforms that support emerging artists such
as Bandcamp, Jamendo, Soundcloud, ReverbNation, etc.?**
While all of these platforms have helped many emerging artists over the years,
they do not value the privacy of its users:
- These sites require the execution of non-free JavaScript that can be used to
[fingerprint their users](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_fingerprinting)
even if they connect from a [VPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network).
- Bandcamp forbids access to Tor users. While this can be used to mitigate
possible [DDoS attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack)
from malicious, it is also stopping legitimate users who only want to remain
anonymous.
- These websites profit from user data obtained through tracking services and
by making artists pay for better promotion. TMM does not profit from neither
artists or users and instead only accepts anonymous donations that shall be
only used to mantain its infrastructure e.g.: servers, domain, storage, etc.
*Google, YouTube and Spotify, Bandcamp, Jamendo, Soundcloud and ReverbNation
are trademarks of their respective owners. This project is not affiliated to any
of them in any way.*