Ask Slashdot: Which International Online Music Stores Are Legit?

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 18, 2012 @08:09PM from the when-googling-for-mp3s-isn't-enough dept.

rjnagle writes "I'm an American lover of music who is interested in buying legally music from other countries. How do I know which CD/online music stores are legit and actually benefit the artist? I'm very cost-conscious and prefer indie music anyway, but the types of international music for sale on Amazon/iTunes tends to be from the bigger labels. Suppose I wanted to buy music from Pakistan/Ukraine/China/Brazil/Chad. What's the best way to identify which labels or online stories are authorized to sell them? Perhaps all I need is a list of the best known online music stores for each region (Yesasia.com, etc)."

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Re:Icelandic music by bikin · 2012-11-18 21:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Considering this is Slashdot, I'll bet that more people understand Klingon than Icelandic.
Re:All of them by pjt33 · 2012-11-19 01:13 · Score: 3, Funny

And the accountants to ensure taxes are filed in time and correctly.
Are you sure that's the major role of the accountants in big labels? I thought their role was more to ensure that there were no profits, so there's no tax to pay. And nothing left to pay the musicians either.