i don't think that there's need of real organization right now, because there's no real income. charity can be a trust or fund, non-commercial organization and it depends on country law, where it is registered, especially taxes. that's not an issue, if you sell it through services, because they pay those taxes.
me personnaly i don't think i can do it, even if i want it, because i'm also doing non-musical-stuff that i believe is more imortant for people. i'm providing ideas for many cases. usually international companies works through off-shores, because of taxes, but you'll need to have a representative there. and the first money spending is to open-up bank account and usually registering an org is also costs money. the very first of that is to write founding charter, i was translating one of mageia, you'll need to vote on who's main, elect attendant - all this depends on the country where it is started. laws differs very much around the world. Thailand maybe? /i don't think this can be done easily (for me at least)/ look for who's github needs https://github.com/about/jobs - git is OSS http://www.openstack.org/foundation/ - about foundation as a type https://www.openstack.org/brand/openstack-trademark-policy/ registering trademark also depends on country, i don't know how to register around the globe and i don't think it is needed yet. to get on itunes it's better have a label (i think so), because this is what most of musicians is looking for, simple way to try is through affiliates like reverb, but i remember there was some other services that proposed lower %. Google don't needs it. also with registered label you can get on other services, but this also means responsibility on the content and contracts with artists for their authority on work, etc. (there can be fakes or plagiary, that is hard to recognize, that's why i propose to get in a studio-like way, you'll be sure at least that all is done in unique way) reverb cost on itunes posting is 20$ for each release google is a 25$ one time i think that google provides more audience and i don't care on how much they can pay. itunes is more charged audience, they got some special devices and if it is alright - then get them both. ============= what i propose is just to open google.music account. but yes, you are right that having monetization means that you'll need to get an org if this gonna be more than 500 and also needs more work with artists, some kind of agreement. On 22.05.2014 18:00, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > > Who's mouth are we feeding? Are people asking for money? > > Bandcamp works fine for independent artists. > > I like the ambition, but I can't take any business pitch seriously > when the OP can't even take the time to punctuate his own sentences. :) > > Our devs may like to have some additional equipment to test or develop > on, but that type of money is better put on the books, and book > keeping suggests organization. Have you formed an organization > before? Are you willing to? > > -- Symbiants oe ai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
