RouteNote: An Solid Way To Distribute Your Music
For indie artists looking to distribute music via the myriad of online avenues, RouteNote provides a great solution. They will distribute your music to iTunes, AmazonMP3, eMusic, Last.fm, imeem and others, while only charging you a light commission. It’s a no brainer that your music needs to be easily accessible in the MP3 markets that [...]
Wax Pick: Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On FREE DOWNLOAD
Just in time for V-Day (which is TOMORROW for all you gentlemen about to disappoint your lady friends), Amazon has put up Marvin Gaye’s ubiquitous lover’s classic Let’s Get It On as a free download. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On You can also pick up Marvin’s full album Let’s Get It On for [...]
U2 Albums On Sale At Amazon
After a spirited performance of their new single, Get On Your Boots, at the Grammy’s last night, U2s catalogue of albums went on sale at Amazon.com. Just about every album they’ve released can be purchased for $5.99 or less. Check it out the entire list of albums here, and fill out your collection. Definitely pick [...]
Virgin Mega Store Times Square Closing
IMAGE: Declan McCullagh PhotographyI was just in LA last night for the live Diggnation and Digg meetup. My wife and I left The Knitting Factory around 10 PM or so and proceeded to stroll around downtown looking for a good place to grab a bite. It was pretty dead out. Baristas were stacking chairs on [...]
Apple iTunes Goes DRM-Free
Expect an announcement at MacWorld today about Apple’s new plans for iTunes. After a year with EMI being the only label to offer DRM-Free songs on iTunes, Apple is expected to announce today that all tracks are to be DRM-Free by the end of 2009. Reportedly, Apple has inked deals with Warner Music Group, Sony, and Universal Music Group, all agreeing to allow DRM-Free songs to be sold on iTunes. Apple was way behind the times on this one, and I would bet that this move comes only after recognizing their slip in marketshare to outlets like the Amazon MP3 store who had strong selection, higher MP3 quality, lower prices, and a growing fan base for the better part of the past year.
Beyond the lack of Digital Rights Management, it looks as though there will be plans for labels to impose pricing brackets on songs within iTunes. While that may make iTunes more competitive with other online MP3 stores, rumor has it that many of the songs will actually go up in price rather than down. Back catalog tracks will be priced as low as 79 cents each, but newer hit songs are expected to jump in price. I have to assume these terms were part of the compromise in getting the major labels to come on board…
First Sale Doctrine and Used MP3 Sales
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I found this article on ArsTechnica and it’s a good follow up to my post on bopaboo, the used mp3 store.
It unveils a few more details that I didn’t know about in my initial post, including the application of the first sale doctrine in a digital media world. The first sale doctrine was initially drafted in 1908 and essentially said that the purchaser of a good is entitled to sell it without permission of the original owner, publisher, or copyright holder as long as no additional copies are made.
Easy way to compare MP3 store prices
DowloadShopper.com lets you compare the prices of the Amazon, iTunes, and WalMart music download stores. You can then click a link to purchase the song from the selected retailer. I tried it out and it works, but I’m still likely to roll with Amazon for the specials they put out daily. The interface could use [...]
Used MP3 Store?
Seriously? Bopaboo.com is a website where you can buy and sell USED mp3s. I can see the good intent behind it, and why somebody thought it would work, but it seems pretty ridiculous in practice. Buying and selling works with everything else we own because most things we own are physical items that you can [...]
Amazon VS iTunes
You’ll notice my Wax Picks usually link up to AmazonMP3 instead of iTunes. Here are the top 5 reasons I like the Amazon MP3 store more than iTunes.