Trax In Space Returns
Back around the turn of the century Trax In Space was a popular community for tracking scene musicians to share their source files and mp3s of their songs. As with many parts of the second generation scene the website died and was almost forgotten about. Now a curious rebirth is taking place. I already have my profile up, which you can see here.
It seems that the venture is now much more serious than before. The lack of personal story and various heavy legalisms tend to suggest big bucks involved. Quote:
However, by submitting the User Submissions to TiS, you hereby grant TiS a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the TiS Website and TiS’s (and its successor’s) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the TiS Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the TiS Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The foregoing license granted by you terminates once you remove or delete a User Submission from the TiS Website.
This can be taken as harmless precautionary fluff on their part. But it certainly has little to do with artistry, innovation, and providing a friendly community; than it does have to do with commercialism. We will watch…
