[PD] [ot] nebenton.org: platform for free ringtones

[Roman Haefeli]

hi

http://www.nebenton.org
the platform for sharing ringtones is online

[sorry for cross-posting]

my 'new media'-class is realizing a web-project about ringtones. its
intention is to give everybody  a space to share her/his selfmade
ringtones and - in opposition to commercial ringtone providers - where
everybody can download ringtones for free.

ringtones are obviously not the most relevant thing in the world, but in
fact there are companies, which earn millions by selling ringtones. they
already became a big part of the music business economy. this is also
supported by standards like drm (digital rights management), which give
the content-providers control over when and how often a user can
play/view/print a content-file on her/his mobile device. (visit:
http://www.odrl.net for more info)

most of the ringtones are nerve-killing or just stupid. but these sounds
are most played and heard in public. they are strongly involved in our
everyday life in such a banal manner, that they haven't been discussed
yet.

for the above reasons we started the project www.nebenton.org. it is
still in testing-phase and so we need many testers and
ringtones-composers. i assume that most of you pd-users are involved in
creating sounds and noises somehow (am i wrong? ;-)) so i would really
appreciate if you find the time to create nice and adequat sounds to
share.

suddenly, www.nebenton.org is only in german. please have look at this
very short dictionary:  ;-)
raufladen    -->    upload
runterladen    --->    download

i'm excited to hear your ringtones....

cheers
roman