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  1. Re:Good for the RIAA. This is capitalism at work. by bjorng · · Score: 1 · on RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg
    Why can't an artist (who owns copyright to their work)

    Because most artists sell the copyright to their record company. Not because they want to, but because the record companies have the power to demand this. The normal rule in the US market is that the copyright reverts to the artist after thirty-five years, and then into the public domain 50 years after the artist dies.

    One presumes that record companies are afraid that they will lose this level of control, if artists realize that most of them can make more money selling their wares for $0.50 a song through some clearinghouse like Magnatune or Music Rebellion. Then the record companies will only get the top .01% of talent (at best), and their margins will go down due to having less lucrative contracts with already-proven artists. Plus their main value now is the monopoly they have on distribution channels; that will go away if MP3 becomes the default format for sale.

  2. Re:Pfft... by k8er · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Napster Business Model Not Generating Revenue
    That AC probably got modded down for pimping his company and being lame. I bit anyway because I have never been to musicrebellion.com It actually seems a lot closer to what I am looking for than any other model I have heard of. They have some sort of demand driven pricing scheme, and they really do have songs for 5 cents or 30 cents. Apparently if the demand goes up, the price goes up (to reward more popular artists). I find that interesting. It could be annoying if the price goes to high for a song/artists that you were looking at, but naturally the demand will drop once it approaches conventional rates. Their independant music is mostly .mp3 and their label music is mostly .wma I still don't like having limitations on music that I purchase. This seems a little flexible, but this still isn't what I want to see. (from their FAQ)
    What are the limitations on the music files I download? 99% of the music files are able to be burned to a CD and transportable to a portable MP3 player. WMA files are burnable at least 10 times, but the exact amount will not be displayed until the song has been purchased. There are no restrictions on the amount of times you can transfer a song to a portable device. There are no limitations on the MP3 files.

    I still don't like gimmicks controlling how I use the music. This seems to be somewhat flexible, but if I can't listen to it where I want, on the type of player I want to listen to it on, then I can't see paying for it. As for the pricing model, I find it hard to complain about demand driven pricing. I would prefer a low, flat rate. I would like to build a library of thousands of songs (mostly older stuff), but it's not going to happen if it costs thousands of dollars. If it were only going to cost hundreds of dollars, I would reallocate money set aside for other forms of entertainment to the music library fund.
  3. Re:Pfft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny · on Napster Business Model Not Generating Revenue
    I work for a company, MusicRebellion.com, that is currently doing a promotion of selling songs starting at a nickel (or thirty cents) a pop. We take a huge loss on every one, and we think we're cool.

    Our mothers seconded the coolness vote, so there you go.

  4. MusicRebellion.com? by teetam · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Exchange Rates Play With Online Music Prices

    Anyone tried musicrebellion.com? Most songs are only 10 cents and the price goes up with demand. I think that is a neat idea, making popular music slightly costlier than niche music. Why should there be a flat rate?

  5. Not ExchangeRates, But DynamicPricing (Slightly OT by Landaras · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Exchange Rates Play With Online Music Prices

    I know the article is on exchange rates, but there is a site doing (or claiming to do) dynamic pricing based on demand.

    www.musicrebellion.com

    Obligatory disclaimer: I have no connection to musicrebellion.com. I just bought a dozen albums from them during their .10 / track promotion.

    The basic idea is that popular songs will rise in price, while less popular songs will decrease in price. To start things off they had a promotion where all tracks were .10 (albeit almost all songs are in crippled WMA format with limited burning capabilities). News.com.com story here.

    The thing that bugged me about Music Rebellion is that after the promotion ended everything immediately jumped to 90-odd cents.

    I disagree strongly with that, as they have now given me little incentive to use them over iTunes. I'm willing to give them my business for some of the obscure Christian music I listen to if it's dynamically priced at 20-35 cents per track. Otherwise I'll save the WMA hassle and go iTunes. Unfortunately, the news.com article listed a floor of 50-75 cents per song (citing wholesale cost).

    What I did like about them is that their customer service was responsive (some licenses didn't download correctly), and their selection was comparable to Apple's. They also seem to have some indie music promotion.

    However, iTunes is so well designed (not relying on MSIE for downloads or WMP for burning) that I haven't had to use their customer service.

    - Neil Wehneman

  6. Re:Questions still abound. by glenstar · · Score: 1 · on Micropayments Going Mainstream? Not Yet.

    God help me, since they are a competitor of mine, but MusicRebellion uses Peppercoin. And, we are also looking at Peppercoin for the same reason.

  7. Univeral Affiliate Stores by davemarmaros · · Score: 1 · on Universal Music Group's New Music Sharing Service
    Universal issued their press release on this last wednesday.

    Many sites that sell Universal Content, if you'd rather avoid the Liquid Audio store, try:
    • Music Rebellion [my favorite] ( www.musicrebellion.com )
    • AudioCandy ( www.audiocandy.com )
    • Best Buy ( www.bestbuy.com )
    • BET ( www.bet.com )
    • Cats ( www.catsmusic.com )
    • Circuit City ( www.circuitycity.com )
    • College Concerts ( www.collegeconcerts.com )
    • Compact Disc World ( www.clubcd.com )
    • Corner CD ( www.cornercd.com )
    • Dimples ( www.dimple.com )
    • EarWax ( www.earwaxrecords.com )
    • Electric Fetus ( www.electricfetus.com )
    • Face The Music ( www.facethemusic.com )
    • TransWorld ( www.fye.com )
    • Gallery Of Sound ( www.galleryofsound.com )
    • Independent Record ( www.beindependent.com )
    • Latin Noise ( www.latinnoise.com )
    • Mainstreet ( www.mainstreetmusic.com )
    • Millennium Music ( www.millenniummusic.com )
    • MIRA Coalition ( www.miramag.com )
    • Music Millennium ( www.musicmillennium.com )
    • New World Record ( www.newworldrecord.com )
    • MP3.com ( www.mp3.com )
    • Quonset Hut ( www.qhut.com )
    • Rasputin ( www.rasputinmusic.com )
    • Record & Tape Trader (www.recordandtapetraders.com )
    • Rolling Stone ( www.rollingstone.com )
    • Tower ( www.tower.com )
    • Windows Media ( www.windowsmedia.com )
  8. $.99 is still too much by Ephro · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Universal, Sony Cutting Prices on Downloaded Music

    The music industry is still trying to cover their own ass. They know they are going to lose this fight, so if they push everyone else out of the business first they can take it over like they have every other avenue.

    Supporting them now is like caving to the first offer to a street vendor in Thailand.

    I am bias and not afraid to admit it, we offer MP3s for $.10 - $.20 that are encoded at 128bit to 192bit. That's good enough to burn.

    CD Cost: ~$1.50USD


    MusicRebellion

  9. Look at this Position statement on DRM by Ephro · · Score: 2, Interesting · on What's The Future of DRM?

    Have a look at this stance on DRM, yes I'm an employee, but I wish we could make the big five see the logic.

    Our position on the DRM.