[Ilugc] free music : what happened - whats happening - why its happening
- From: arunchaganty@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Tejasvi Chaganty)
- Date: Sat Jun 21 16:52:50 2008
Speaking of business models, there are Magnatune and Jamendo with an
emphasis on the freedom part who IMO are doing pretty well.
Agreed. I've noticed that lately that quality has improved. Even better,
last.fm will play a lot of Free music (yes, with a capital F), which is
supposed to match you're existing tastes. That hasn't really happened
for me, but the idea's nice. I'm still to see a use of the Freedom to
modify the music though... I remember a discussion on LugRadio about the
pointlessness of Free music without it's sources, the muscial
tabulature.
While Magnatune isn't exactly about Free music, it still is very
musician/user friendly, taking a very small preimum of the amount *you*
decide to pay (as long as it's over a resonable minimum).
I also would recommend a read of Free Culture
(
http://www.freeculture.cc), a very nicely written book by Lawerence
Lessig about the point of Free content. Refreshingly, it's not overly
biased, or RMS-fanatical. And it provides some good insight into how
terrible the RIAA et al. are.
And finally, a pinch of OT, does anyone know where one can by books like
Free Culture, Cathedral and the Bazaar in a book store? I know I can buy
online, but I wan't to see if I can get them in India (and yes, I know
they are free, but I'd like to buy a book to support the author in any
case).
Sayonara,
--
Arun Tejasvi Chaganty (vimzard)
GNOME GSoC Student
Blog:
http://arunchaganty.wordpress.com
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