LAMP: Library Access to Music Project

Dates

February 2002 — January 2004

Principal Investigator

Keith Winstein (PI) with Josh Mandel

Problem

It is inconvenient for students to rely on university music libraries to access music CDs when they want them.

Goal

To allow the MIT campus to share a single music collection legally and efficiently, listening to albums on demand. To showcase the "good" and legal efficiencies that technology and the Internet can bring to music distribution while still respecting applicable law.

Overview

LAMP has assembled a large repository of recorded music, both classical and contemporary. Students would use the Web and changing tracks, as with a compact disc. Music students and music fans alike would benefit from this ease of access. The user hears the music through one of the 16 TV channels that MIT Cable has made available to LAMP. This is completely legal, and once a song has been requested, others as well as the person who made the request could enjoy it.

Project Output

Press

"Becoming Part of the Solution --- Students Join Record Industry to Curb Illegal File-Sharing. " Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2006. View article

"With Cable TV at MIT, who needs Napster," New York Times, October 27, 2003. View article

"Reinventing the jukebox on campus: MIT students have system for streaming pop music, " Boston Globe, October 27, 2003. View article

"MIT students develop online music sharing system," NPR Morning Edition, October 27, 2003. View article

"LAMP lights way for those seeking free, legal NET tunes," USA Today, October 27, 2003. View article

"New tune on digital music," San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2003. View article

MIT Explores Options for Legal Downloads - TechTalk, September 10, 2003. View article

Links

LAMP Receives Grant from Streetfire Sound Labs

LAMP: Library Access to Music Project