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Oxfam Launches Music Download Service

Posted by timothy on from the good-cause-and-human-interest dept.

rahaydenuk writes "The BBC reports that Oxfam is backing the Big Noise Music website, which launches on Wednesday and will offer 300,000 songs for download. 10p of the 75p or 99p charge to download the songs will go to Oxfam and the service will be available across Europe."

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  1. the British connection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much is that cost per song measured in "cups of tea?"

    1. Re:the British connection by Haydn+Fenton · · Score: 4, Funny

      FYI, (according to google);

      75 / cup = 317006.461m-3
      99 / cup = 418448.529m-3

      but then again, thats US cups..

    2. Re:the British connection by D-Cypell · · Score: 4, Funny

      The exchange rate is always moving so its hard to pin it down but...

      1 Cup of tea is equals to about 0.12 Big mac and fries, depending on the current market price of pigs testicles.

  2. Re:What about.. by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 5, Funny

    You want to /. a charity? That is low!

  3. p? by Joystickit · · Score: 3, Funny

    The real question is what the hell is a p? Is that like a gil, or something?

    1. Re:p? by SuperGillies · · Score: 5, Funny

      p:
      1. - pence - 100 of these make up 1GBP

      2. - the size of your brain

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    2. Re:p? by AndrewRUK · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, the dictionary definition of merkin is a pubic wig.
      The word "merkin" is sometimes used as a shortened form of "american".
      As for whether the later usage is meant to imply some form of link to the former usage, I couldn't possibly speculate on the matter.

  4. knock that shit off, AC by poptones · · Score: 2, Funny

    Last time that site was mentioned here it was offline for nearly a month. I had five CDs in the encode queue when the site was slashdotted last month and I was only able to start downloading again little more than a week ago. Had great service with them for months (years already?) and one cover story blows them out of the water for more than three weeks. I'd prefer if you'd go back to keeping this our little secret... at least until I get the rest of my Shakespeare's Sister and Moloko.