Emusic is actually pretty decent, you can sign up for $10 and completely
plunder it for mp3s and then quit the subscription. Of course mp3.com has
a massive amoutn of mp3s with lots of little hidden gems there. Limewire
works ok for file sharing, but I myself prefer to download indie artists
than to rip off corporate schwag.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, StaticBeats wrote:
quoted 53 lines Well there are label services like
> Well there are label services like http://www.emusic.com
> There is the MP3 subscription of http://www.badorb.com
> and there are purely free releases like those from http://www.mono211.com
> and http://www.subverseco.com as well as a miriad of others.
>
> I'm not sure how the above differs from the question you asked below but I
> can confirm that there are plenty of ways to receive MP3s for free as well
> as for money.
>
> Shimone/Justes
> http://www.staticbeats.com | Electronic Music > Digital Culture
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cutups" <cutup@andythepooh.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:37 PM
> Subject: [idm] mp3/subscription service
>
>
> i've heard this notion brought up before, and i thought i'd post about it:
>
> is there anybody out there (labels, or artists) that's selling music in a
> purely digital (mp3?)
> format? like for example - having a server that people buy a subscription
> to gain access
> to all the releases on mp3 (high quality of course). perhaps you could
> offer special
> releases for "free" (on vinyl, or tshirts, etc) to subscribers that you mail
> to them, as an incentive to subscribe
> rather than just get the releases 2nd hand filesharing.
>
> i know tracker groups do this in a way, although the ones i always followed
> gave their music away.
>
> of course there alot of issues with this model, and there might be a better
> one.
> but it would seem like something that would involve little risk to set up,
> as opposed
> to printing tons of cds. plus it might address the fact that more and more
> people listen
> to digital formats when it comes down to it. and it allows them to feel
> satisfied that
> their money is going to the artists more directly.
>
> - cutups
>
>
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