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Audio Lunchbox: Music with no DRM

Posted by michael on from the tanstaaflb dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MacCentral just posted an article on Audio Lunchbox, an online music store dedicated to music by independent artists and labels. ALB offers all of its music in DRM free MP3 (192 kbps) and Ogg Vorbis (Q6) formats with iTunes style pricing and a completely web based and platform independent delivery system."

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  1. Re:It had to happen sooner or later by niko9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here use this link to be sure. RIAA Radar

    You can be sure that the music you purcase doesn't support the RIAA efforts.

  2. Magnatune.com is better by kwelndar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Open music is what Magnatune.com sells. From the site: "All songs are available in MP3, CD-quality WAV, OGG, FLAC and MP3-VBR: download whichever formats you like." The best part is you can download and audition the music, then decide what you want to pay, if anything. "Magnatune lets you choose how much you want to pay for your downloaded album. The more you choose to pay, the more the artist makes, because at Magnatune, half goes directly to the artist, while the other half supports Magnatune." They are also members of the Creative Commons.

    Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with Magnatune.com. This is just a really cool idea whose time has come.

  3. Re:Magnatune by Mprx · · Score: 5, Informative

    Magnatune is great. Unlike most online music stores, they sell lossless CD quality audio (in FLAC format, or WAV if you want to waste everyone's bandwidth). The selection is steadily growing, and there is some excellent music there. All their music can be previewed in 128kbps MP3, and it's only $5 (or more if you are feeling generous) an album if you want higher quality.