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- CCB0x45, on 10/12/2007, -4/+127In related news more than 1,000,000,000,000,000 albums illegally downloaded with BitTorrent.
- CrazedGeek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26I'm sorry, but how is that sad?
- xsuite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+261,000,001 as of right now :)
- PWnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21There’s some excellent music on that site.
- demigod, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24Whats really scary is that was my first though... When is the RIAA going to start suing non-signed bands saying that they are depriving them of income.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"The sharing of files, any files, is still illegal in the eyes of the RIAA and the mainstream media"
Doesn't matter. The RIAA has *only* sued people for downloading music by *their* artists. Any speculation that they'd branch out from that to all filesharers is simply absurd. Their suits would be thrown out instantly. For them to get any attention from the courts at all, they have to be able to claim that they believe that you violated *their* copyrights. They can't do that with for music they don't hold the copyrights to.
Your speculation is absurd fear-mongering. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20You know, that is totally believable.
- 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -11/+25The sharing of files, any files, is still illegal in the eyes of the RIAA and the mainstream media. I'm sure it wont be long before the RIAA starts suing people who download these free tunes, and also suing the artists for having the audacity to allow free music and not being members of the RIAA.
- GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1350/50 is still reasonable compared to 0.1% they'd get elsewhere.
- DomNukem, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18yeahh :)
- JustAQuark, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13This is truly amazing, have a look on that site, you'll be surprised.
- Snakedal337, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11That makes very little sense.
- GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14I'd like to mention Magnatune here as well http://magnatune.com/
It isn't free but prices are lower than retail (you have the option to pay them more, majority goes to the artist), there is no DRM and you are allowed to give 3 copies away. - lkratz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Try the rock tag:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/?p=music&tag=rock&geo=USA&o=rating_desc&minrights=&class=2
JT Bruce is very good ! - buzzworkers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10This is one of the best music community leading the way into the Music Revolution !
- lkratz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8P2P is just a mean, a very efficient mean by the way.
There are plenty of legit use of BitTorrent. No doubt this technology will survive. Same for Creative Commons as licensing scheme.
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/03/02/1748210.shtml?tid=147&tid=132 - Snypehunter117, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I've been using this site for a few weeks now. It's got alot of good music on it. This is a great place to find music that has no association with the RIAA whatsoever. It allows me to find new and interesting music while still participating in the Gizmodo boycott. Thanks for getting it right Jamendo!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Digg.com needs to keep this on the front page for a month
- slythfox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9No, it's 100% legal. There are no record companies involved. All music is licensed under a Creative Commons license by the artists, where the artists are giving permission to anyone to redistribute them. ("Hey Berne copyright, I don't like you. I want people to have my music for free.") Artists do this for two reasons: a) More promotion: You'll notice on the website that some artists only have a few free songs, but you can buy more on their websites. b) More promotion (but based on the Open Source model this time): All the artists' songs are free, and they live off donations to continually expand (Josh Woodward is a good example).
Please get out of your little turtle shell. - MonGuSE1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Your an idiot. Sharing files is entirely legal otherwise the web wouldn't exist, ftp wouldn't exist, sms wouldn't exist, xml wouldn't exist. Quit spouting off a talking point of the RIAA. The government is not in the practice of making laws allowing us to do stuff. It is supposed to make laws regarding things that are illegal to perform ex. to kill someone because the action is considerably harmful to society.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Jamendo is awesome. I like Revolution Void and try^d. Definitely worth checking out.
- MonGuSE1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@origclubsoda
So a band that no one knows about has no reason to try and market itself and its music? This is all about marketing and trying to drum up support and potentially concert money. Most musicians make most of their money by touring and doing concerts. They could make money off of cd sales and what I see this model as potentially being. Here is our albums for you to listen to and decide if you like and you can support us by buying an album and coming to our shows and you could also by a higher bit rate version with surround effects and an extra track or interviews or etc.... This is most definitely a way for bands to drum up business. You can't sell something if people don't know what it is or know about it at all. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Ok, will someone please explain me under which base can RIAA sue a band that wants to give their music away for free? I see my comment got dugg down so I am probably missing a point here. Microsoft & Linux are in a duel, and MS hasnt sued Linux for being free. How can the RIAA sue individual bands when there are thousands out there? I just dont see your point guys. Please, someone with legal knowledge on the matter explain me.
Or is it because the "17" and the "3"? - IsaacA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@fkr3
Just because you can download their music for free, doesn't mean that they are not making any money. People might still want to buy their CD's, go to their gigs, ...
SellaBand ( http://www.sellaband.com ) is another example that will provide free downloads. Music fans fund the recording of the album, for which they get a share of the profits and a limited edition CD for every $10 invested. Revenue comes from advertisement on the site and from CD-sales. So the artists still make money even though they let everyone download their music for free. It can still be sustainable.
I think these startups mentioned in the comments here are definitely on the right track, it's a shame that so much attention is given to the RIAA and so little to these startups that are actually trying to make a difference. - forteller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6No, majority doesn't go to the artist. It's split half/half. If you want to give the artist the majority you should try Amie Street. They give the artist 70%.
- godofgodlygods, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If I could digg this five times, I would.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7It's legal share legal (non copyright) files
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5fkr - First of all, the Jamendo service usually links directly to artists' offsite pages (which both builds exposure and allows people to look for tour dates, merch and the like), has direct links to purchase the CDs themselves, has a direct-deposit donation account for most artists where you can leave whatever you feel, allows artists to connect with fans both personally and commercially, allows their music to be spread without them having to front the cost of bandwidth or even create a homepage (not everyone interested in giving away music is computer-savvy), etc etc. It's GREAT for unheard or semi-underground artists that you won't ever find on iTunes or in a record store, and whose music you'd probably never come across otherwise. The site incorporates tagging, favorites, playlists, etc, all of which allow people to discover music in new ways. ALL of these things benefit the artists.
Furthermore, much of the music IS free as in speech. Every individual album has a copyright information section which informs you of your distribution, modification, and reconstitution abilities. Each artist can act, on an individual basis, on their personal feelings about copyright and can choose their own path, be it free beer or free speech or a little of both. Jamendo is awesome to incorporate this, and if you don't see enough free-speech tracks, it's at least because the artist wanted it that way - NOT because their content is controlled by an outdated and paranoid music industry.
Get a clue. This is about as good as it gets. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Fantastic! I hate the RIAA, I love this site. Every artist was independent at one time, so you might be listening to the next Hendrix...For free! All artists should stay independent. Record labels will rip you off anyway
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"that happened to share just a single word that a signed artist used in a song or CD title"
Ok, please provide a link where we can see that. - topyli, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Go Jamendo!
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5There are very few american artists on here too. Mostly French, and miscellaneous european. That being said, the selection is decent. Currently listening to some Argentinian power metal.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/tag/speed/
http://www.jamendo.com/en/tag/metal/ - sotopheavy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, sort of. It will thin out the RIAA's credibility and bring into question their methods by more people. Every time a milestone like this is reached it helps.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"The RIAA has in fact sued many people in the past for either providing or downloading free music that happened to share just a single word that a signed artist used in a song or CD title. A single word, with no other similarities what so ever."
They still have to tell the court that they think *their* copyrights where violated. That makes the prospect of suing everyone who downloads Creative Commons licensed music unattainable. Any semi-competent lawyer could successfully defend that case, and probably counter sue for costs. - cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ppoff - Good job reading the article. The RIAA can't sue you for downloading something they don't own.
- MeneerR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Doesn't everybody here already knows that the RIAA _thinks_ we are ripping them off.
Yet they don't have a clue what we're listening to! If you compare the charts of sites like Last.fm and the mainstraim media.
Who is still on the mainstream track? Nobody is. Its like 5 or 10%. The rest of the consumers have a much broader and diverse music taste. Half the artist we listen to are indie.
I've been to to many concerts where the band was like 'we never sold one cd to europe' to a crowd in a sold-out-place where everybody was singing every song along. Sometimes the bands don't even know they've reached us.
We are back in control of our own music culture. Without the marketing, control and *****.
And we like it like that. Half the music we listen to isn't even available in the cd store.
Hell, a good 80% of all bands that are now making a living (festivals, concerts, t-shirts) wouldn't be doing so, if you couldn't get their music for free.
Jamendo is not a form of protest. Its inevitable. If you're a beginnen artist and you're not giving away your music for free, you'll never get there. - lkratz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you wish, you may select music by country :
http://www.jamendo.com/en/?p=music&tag=&geo=USA&o=rating_desc&minrights=&class=2
Play with the filter box on the left. - bmccosar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3My absolute favorites on Jamendo:
black era -- http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/blackera/
DEREK -- http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/derek.music/
raindog -- http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/raindog/
The best part is, you don't have to trust me. You can just stream or download them for free and find out yourself, instantaneously. - fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5How did they get it right? Artists not making money legally is just as unsustainable long-term as artists being deprived of income illegally.
The answer isn't free as in beer, it's free as in freedom.
Paying for music isn't what's wrong with the current situation, it's not what's going to ultimately change across the board, and it's not what people are fighting when they take on the RIAA. - dkm201, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you think last.fm reflects the majority of what people are listening to you are terarded.
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Right +1
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That is actually a WOW effect! (which bill gates tried to hijack falsefully)
- KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2as long as music is brought to my attention this way, i would gladly support a group because i know it's the group i'm supporting and not a ***** record label
- maniaxmemori, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2anyway, you can make a gift to the artists you like. Everybody has to participate to this little revolution.
0.1$ by millions are near 10$ by thousands. - chrisgeleven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Anyone recommend any good rock bands on Jamendo?
- Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3DavidTMX is pretty awesome. I also like la curiosite tua le chat
- chrisjs169, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@lkratz
Don't you mean on the right? =P - buzzworkers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ astrotrain: Won't be long before the RIAA gets their dirty hands somehow involved with the site. - end of quote
Do you really think RIAA have any chance to even try to mess with Jamendo ?
to be honest i just think it is not in their interest, thay what they know, because they are desperate,
like before with the K7, the CD and what will come next, they if they don't play the Game, they aren't IN the Game..and there at least for them
this mean the game is over. I really think that sooner or later, they are going to Enter the game, finally understanding that the only way to survive for
what's come next on the "digital age" they can't afford to loose the train of this media revolution and most of all : The Artist
With The Creative commons license, Artist on Jamendo are now completely Free, sure they don't have the same exposure
globally has they can get with other channels (RIAA and all the Major thing way of doing/living/making music) but this all is more then ever going
to change with the emergence of Joost for example, now finally Content is being sent to the Receiver and the need for tons of "obstacles" between Artists and Listeners, and well this is all very good for everyone. - origclubsoda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldnt put it past them. They manipulate the ranking so much right now its hard to believe digging has any bearing on front page presence at all.
- Charron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, the danger of limiting yourself to just American is that there is some very good Euro music out there, even with English lyrics. 4Midges, Ram Exponention, and Robinson, Freitag, and The Lonely Trumpet are all non-American and sing in English. (RFTLT is actually from the Australia area, have a good Carribean sort of vibe.)
That said, the best rock/pop stuff I've found there was American. Classic Tragic Hero, Equals Conquest and Brad Sucks are pretty awesome. Also good for post-rock, if you're into that- Lovely Girls Are Blind and Blue Haired Girl are both pretty solid for that genre.
....and I'm rambling. But hey, yay Jamendo! -
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