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Re: Why Doesn’t Emusic Carry Over Unused Tracks Every Month?

Jaxon Rice — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:44:32 -0000

Emusic does this for the following reason. Very few labels (even independent ones) would be prepared to let emusic sell their tracks for $0.25 and take the $0.12c split that emusic would pay them. Emusic actually pays the labels more than $0.25 per download because they bank on a certain percentage of people not using their downloads that month - that money gets pooled and and therefore they can pay the artists a higher commission.

Everyone (except for the people who don't download of course) wins. Music fans get DRM free music at a very reasonable price, artists and lables get paid a decent amount for the tracks.

One quick tip: emusic rolls over it's downloads every 30 days, not every month. In my opinion this is underhanded and sneaky. Don't fall into the trap of assuming that your downloads refresh on the, say, 10th of the month and then go there on the 9th to clear your downloads. You may be unpleasantly surprised.

Later

Jaxon Rice
Emusic fan and Indie Label Owner.

Re: iPod users in South Africa are criminals: an appeal to the local music industry

Jaxon Rice — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:07:27 -0000

I play in a local band (The Diesel Whores), and run a small indie label (Gosatango Records), and I am ashamed to admit that most of my album releases have included that clause. I was actually under the impression that South African law operated under the principle of fair use, and its a surprise to find out that this is not so.

Having said that, I seriously doubt whether any court or organisation (RISA et al) would prosecute anyone for having music on their mp3 player if they could prove that they had a physical copy of that music.

I buy 99% of my music in digital form nowadays anyway (from Emusic.com, cheaper than iTunes, DRM Free and available to South Africans). The only downside to this service is that it only includes indie labels, but take a look at their selection and you will probably never want to buy from iTunes anyway.

I think it is a good idea to embrace Creative Commons, specifically with regard to music releases, and I am currently looking at the ideal way to licence our next release. Most musos that I know are big fans of giving at least some of their music away - it almost always leads to better album sales and gig attendance.

Re: iPod users in South Africa are criminals: an appeal to the local music industry

Jaxon Rice — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:07:27 -0000

Re: Amazon to start selling DRM-free music?

Jaxon Rice — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:31:54 -0000

I agree. It would be truly wonderful if they could pull it off. DRM was always a bad idea and the sooner we get rid of the concept the better.

Re: Amazon to start selling DRM-free music?

Jaxon Rice — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:31:54 -0000

I agree. It would be truly wonderful if they could pull it off. DRM was always a bad idea and the sooner we get rid of the concept the better.

Re: MyVideo: South African YouTube clone

Jaxon Rice — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:14:56 -0000

myvideo.co.za looks like it is a ClipShare installation (http://clip-share.com), which is a $99 php based YouTube clone. Nothing innovative here at all.

Re: MyVideo: South African YouTube clone

Jaxon Rice — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:14:56 -0000

myvideo.co.za looks like it is a ClipShare installation (http://clip-share.com), which is a $99 php based YouTube clone. Nothing innovative here at all.

Re: MyVideo: South African YouTube clone

Jaxon Rice — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:14:56 -0000

myvideo.co.za looks like it is a ClipShare installation (http://clip-share.com), which is a $99 php based YouTube clone. Nothing innovative here at all.

Re: Afrigator has arrived - finally!

Jaxon Rice — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:20:33 -0000

Congratulations man - it's looking really great