Magnatune

Opened:	Spring 2003
Pricing:	USA: $5–$18 per album
Platforms:	Platform independent
Format:	MPEG Layer 3 (.mp3), Advanced Audio Coding (.aac), OGG Vorbis (.ogg), FLAC (.flac), WAV (.wav)
Restrictions:	None, Creative Commons License
Catalogue:	220 artists, 500 albums
Preview:	Entire song
Streaming:	Preview only
Protocol:	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http://)
Availability:	USA
Website:	www.magnatune.com

Magnatune is a small Berkeley, California–based independent record label, founded in spring 2003 by John Buckman, then-CEO of e-mail software company Lyris. It aims at treating both its musicians and its customers fairly—its tagline is "We are not evil." It originally only sold music for download through its website, but added a print-CDs-on-demand service in late 2004. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x318, 13 KB) Other versions w:Image:Wearenotevil. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... Look up format in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners. ... Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy digital audio compression scheme. ... This page is about the audio compression codec. ... FLAC, an acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a popular file format for audio data compression. ... WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs. ... Digital Rights Management (generally abbreviated to DRM) is any of several technologies used by publishers (or copyright owners) to control access to and usage of digital data (such as software, music, movies) and hardware, handling usage restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work. ... Version 2 of Some Rights Reserved logo No Rights reserved logo The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Streaming may mean: Streaming media, multimedia data transferred in a stream of packets that are interpreted and rendered, in real time, by a software application as the packets arrive. ... For other senses of this word, see protocol. ... HTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the primary method used to convey information on the World Wide Web. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... See also: 2003 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels established in 2003 other events of 2003 list of years in music 2000s in music // January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands... John Buckman is the founder of the largest online store/recording company/media website which uses Creative Commons as license, Magnatune. ... Lyris Technologies Inc. ...

Magnatune makes non-exclusive agreements with artists, and gives them fifty percent of any proceeds from online sales or licensing.^[1] These kind of policies are very unusual for a record label in 2003–2004. Users can stream and download music in MP3 format without charge before making a decision whether to buy or not. Buyers choose their own price, from US $5 to $18 per album, and may download music they have purchased in WAV, FLAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis and AAC encoding formats. Music files sold by Magnatune do not use any form of Digital Rights Management to prevent customers from making copies of music files they have purchased; and actually encourage buyers to share up to three copies with friends^[2] Streaming media is media that is consumed (heard or viewed) (mostly in the form of clips) while it is being delivered. ... MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners. ... WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs. ... FLAC, an acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a popular file format for audio data compression. ... MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners. ... This article is about the audio compression codec. ... Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy digital audio compression scheme. ... Digital Rights Management (generally abbreviated to DRM) is any of several technologies used by publishers (or copyright owners) to control access to and usage of digital data (such as software, music, movies) and hardware, handling usage restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work. ...

John Buckman

All freely-available music is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license from the Creative Commons. Even though using liberal licensing is not a new idea in itself, Magnatune is one of the first and most visible companies to try to build a business in music around this idea. It is not yet clear whether this model can produce enough profit for Magnatune to run a healthy business. As of early June 2006, Magnatune has signed 222 artists and has 500 albums in its catalog. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x954, 704 KB) Source File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Magnatune John Buckman ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x954, 704 KB) Source File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Magnatune John Buckman ... It has been suggested that Licensing (strategic alliance) be merged into this article or section. ... Version 2 of Some Rights Reserved logo No Rights reserved logo The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. ...

As of version 1.4.4 the music player Amarok has build-in support for Magnatune, allowing people to preview and buy music from all artists signed to the label from within the application. Rhythmbox 0.9.7 added this functionality in December 2006. Amarok (formerly known as amaroK) is a free software music player for GNU/Linux and other varieties of Unix. ... Rhythmbox is an audio player that plays and helps organize digital music. ...

Artists

Main article: List of Artists signed to Magnatune

As of early June 2006, the record label Magnatune has signed 222 artists. ...

Commercial licensing

According to John Buckman, Magnatune licenses music commercially on an almost daily basis. The most notable of these, is the licensing by Blackburn Road Films, for a documentary on Heather Crowe. John Buckman is the founder of the largest online store/recording company/media website which uses Creative Commons as license, Magnatune. ... Heather Crowe (born April 23, 1945 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, died May 22, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a former Canadian waitress who became the public face of Canadas anti-smoking campaign. ...

Notes

1. ^ Linux Journal, issue 118. (2004-02-01). Magnatune, an Open Music Experiment.
2. ^ Magnatune. Give 3 Free Copies to Your Friends.

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See also

• List of record labels
• List of independent UK record labels
• Jamendo

This is a list of record labels. ... This is a list of record labels based in the United Kingdom that are independent from the Big four record labels and typically specialize in different forms of indie rock, punk rock, and styles of alternative rock, electronica and hip-hop. ... Jamendo is a music platform and community combining: Creative Commons licensed music BitTorrent and eDonkey for full album downloads Ogg Vorbis and MP3 encoded audio files An integrated rating and recommendation system Tags and reviews to discover artists Voluntary donations to artists through Paypal All music on Jamendo is licensed...

External links

• Magnatune official site