If you want to screw the RIAA while supporting the artists, you may want to consider http://lala.com (currently USA only).
Trade used CDs, $1.50 for each trade including postage. The founder claims to give 20% of the profit to the artists who's music is being traded, or in cases where that isn't practical, to a foundation dedicated to providing health care and retirement benefits to working musicians. The founder says that if this takes off big, he hopes to funnel 90% of the profits to the artists in the future. Even now, this is a bigger piece of the action than artists typically receive from new CD sales. I've done about 70 trades, so far mostly replacing things lost from my collection over the years now that I'm assembling a digital archive, but also some recent releases. I've even received some long out-of-print discs. Seems to be working well. Still in beta I believe, but I have some invitations, so I offer a lala invitation to the first five forum readers who contact me. -- bephillips The chaos on this planet is due to the music that musicians are playing that they are forced to play by some who just think of money and don't realize that music is a spiritual language, and it represents the people of Earth. When musicians are compelled to play anything, it goes straight to the throne of the Creator of the universe, and that is how He sees you: according to your music... It's what goes to the Creator as your personal ambassador - and your personal nemesis. -Sun Ra ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bephillips's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25158 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
