check out the non evil record label... interesting music http://magnatune.com
--from slashdot-- Posted by michael on Sunday September 28, @01:48PM from the brain-explodes dept. jea6 writes "As seen on Fark and sure to intrest non-crossover Slashdotters, Magnatune is a record company with a catchy slogan. They highlight: 1) We're a record label. But we're not evil. 2) We call it 'try before you buy.' It's the shareware model applied to music. 3) Listen to hundreds of MP3'd albums from our artists. Or try our genre-based radio stations. 4) If you like what you hear, buy our music online for as little as $5 an album or license our music for commercial use. 5) Artists get a full 50% of the purchase price. And unlike most record labels, our artists keep their rights to their music. 6) Founded by musicians, for musicians. No major label connections. We are not evil. So if you are anti-RIAA (artist or consumer) and looking for an option (albeit a small option), this may be a start. The music is Creative Commons licensed, which is the brainchild of the eminent Lawrence Lessig." --mat -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20030928/c18b8460/attachment.bin From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 29 05:49:47 2003 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill LeBlanc) Date: Mon Sep 29 04:52:07 2003 Subject: [brlug-general] OT: Rant - a child wrote blaster In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 06:15 AM 9/27/03 -0700, you wrote: >Why then do they let Microsoft lead them aroung by >their wedding tackle? It's called vested interest. A young man (or an older person, for that matter) who spent big bucks to get his Microsoft certification, and sold his soul in the process does not want to see his investment go down the tubes. It seems to be such individuals who mostly populate the computer consulting field and head the various computer sections of corporations and governmental bodies. This situation is slowly changing, but it is a slow process. Just my humble opinion. Bill
