Jamendo launches new Creative Commons music API with a $2500 contest

Took forever to find out what Jamendo actually is.

From their Facebook: "Jamendo is the world's #1 platform for free and legal music downloads under Creative Commons licenses. Available in eight languages, the site offers a catalog of over 350,000 tracks/ 60,000 albums/ 50,000 artists!"

And from G+: "The entire catalog is licensed under Creative Commons, allowing artists to publish their music and preserve their rights while providing users the freedom to download it for free."

More details on the prizes:

Jamendo Innovation Award Winner: $1,000 Runner-up: $500 Winners will be chosen by the Jamendo team.

Community Award sponsored by GitHub and 3scale Winner: $500 + a GitHub 2-year Medium plan (for a single winner) or a 1 year Silver account (for a team) Runner-up: $500 + a Sonos Play:3 HiFi Player offered by 3scale The winning app will be the most voted by the Jamendo users.

Good luck to all the participants :)