“Fair to the Artist
Individual Artists with self-produced recordings are able to sell directly to you. They keep half of the money from every purchase. And they continue to own the rights to their music.Fair to You
You choose the price. Download songs for
- 99¢ per song when you buy one song at a time
- 80¢ per song when you buy a 10 song block
- 75¢ per song when you buy a 20 song block
- Flexible MP3 format with no copying restrictions – works with iPod & iTunes and all other players! What you buy is yours to keep.”
Tag: music
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Calabash Music
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Rockbox: An Open Source Firmware for MP3 Players
“Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players. It runs on a number of different models:
- Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
- iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series
- Apple: iPod 4th gen (grayscale and color), 5th/5.5th gen (Video – 30GB and 60GB models only), 1st gen Nano and Mini 1st/2nd gen (Nano 2nd gen and 80GB Video 5.5th gen are not supported)
- iAudio: X5 (including X5V and X5L)
- Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series (the S model is not supported)
- Additional models are in development“
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Suomen kuluttajavirasto ottaa kantaa iTunesin sopimusehtoihin
Suomen ja Norjan kuluttaja-asiamiehet sekä Ranskan ja Saksan kuluttajaorganisaatiot vaativat yhdessä nettimusiikkikauppa iTunesia Music Store korjaamaan sopimusehtonsa kuluttajien kannalta myönteisemmiksi. Kukin maa on lähettänyt muutostarpeista iTunesille kirjeen.
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Last.fm cripples player due to pressure from a record label
A recent update of the until-then-excellent Last.fm player was a downgrade in features. I had assumed this was either by a mistake or just due to my laziness for not searching vigorously enough where those features had been moved to.
I just found out those features have simply been stripped from the player. Yup, gone.
And guess who’s behind it?
We were asked by a major record label to remove these features and it was a choice between removing the features or not receiving their music any more, as well as being sued.
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Levyale.fi
Alennetut levyt ja aleen osallistuvat liikkeet nähdäkseen ei tarvitse poistua kotoaan: Levyale.fi (via Tietokone, via VLK) esittelee molemmat. Mitään hintatietoja levyistä ei sivustolla kuitenkaan ole. Liikkeet ottavat tietysti kukin omanlaisensa katteen, mutta ainakin ovh:iden alennusprosentit olisivat antaneet jonkinlaisen käsityksen alehinnoista.