A Net-label (also Online-label or Web-label) is a record label that distributes its music primarily through digital audio formats over the Internet.
While similar to traditional record labels in many respects, netlabels typically emphasize free distribution online, often under licenses that encourage works to be shared
(e.g., Creative Commons licenses), and artists retain copyright.
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001.
Many of the licenses, notably all the original licenses, grant certain "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work without changes, at no charge. Some of the newer
licenses do not grant these rights.
Creative Commons licenses are currently available in 34 different jurisdictions worldwide, with nine others under development.
