Appendix 2: Computer Software
Examples and Resources
Freeware Music Software Examples
The following list is just a sampling of the freeware music software available.
- Ardour digital audio workstation
- Audacity multi-track audio editor and processor
- Crystal Synth software synthesizer plug-in by Green Oak
- Csound software synthesis
- LilyPond notation software (all platforms) [freeware]
- Oxe FM Synth software synthesizer plug-in [Windows only]
- MuseScore notation software (all platforms) [freeware]
- PD (PureData) software synthesis
- SuperCollider software synthesis
- Syd software synthesizer
Virus Information/Hoaxes
- McAfee Virus Information
- Virus Hoaxes at McAfee.com
- Snopes.com virus hoaxes
- Norton (by Symantec) Threat Explorer
Copyright-related Websites
These links refer exclusively to US copyright law.
- Copyright in the Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Section 8: "Congress shall have Power...To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;..."
- Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center: Copyright and Fair Use Overview
- US Copyright Office
- Copyright Law in the US at Bitlaw
- Creative Commons, an organization that takes an alternate approach to traditional copyright licenses
- GNU software licenses, licenses for releasing free software, an alternate approach to traditional software licenses
Examples of EULAs/SLAs and TOSs
These are just a few examples—every piece of software and Internet service has a EULA/SLA or TOS.
- Adobe Product License Agreements
- Apple Computer Hardware and Software LIcense Agreements
- Microsoft End-User License Agreements
- Pro Tools End-User License Agreements
- Facebook Terms of Service
- Flckr Terms of Service (Yahoo)
Internet and Web-based Technologies
- Blown to Bits by Abelson, Ledeen, and Lewis discusses the ramifications of various Internet technologies in our lives.
- Skype Peer-to-peer explanation
- HTML 5 tutorial at w3schools.com—HTML 5 is the next generation of HTML and includes dedicated tags for audio and video
- RSS 2.0 Specification
- XML Introduction at w3schools.com
- What is Web 2.0? by Tim O'Reilly
- Time Magazine "Person of the Year" for 2006: YOU
- Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web—speculative article from PCMag.com
- Semantic Web at the WC3
Tools for Embedding Audio in Webpages
- How to Embed MP3 Files in Web Pages (2/6/08)
- Three Free and Easy Web Audio Players (8/21/08) by David Battino
- Yahoo! Media Player
- Google Reader MP3 Player
- XSPF Web Music Player
- XSPF Playlist Format
Internet 2 and Telepresence Projects
- Internet 2 Arts and Humanities Initiative
- The Telematic Collective at IUPUI
- Internet 2 Performance Projects at NYU
- Article on Telematics by Mark Dresser
- Transparent Telepresence Research Group
- Teaching over Internet 2—New World Symphony