On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Albert Santoni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In 1.8.0 beta1, we've bundled several tracks from various netlabel > artists in order to run a feasibility experiment. Since Mixxx reaches > a large number of DJs worldwide, we think it might be a useful > distribution channel for labels looking to get promotional tracks into > the hands of DJs. With such a program, we'd like to be able to offer > labels a chance to have some of their promotional tracks distributed > with or through Mixxx, for a fee. > > Adam and I feel that this would be beneficial for labels, our users, > and our development team. Labels get a new, low cost way to distribute
*snip* I'm a user. I don't like bundled audio tracks with my software. It's a waste of my time and bandwidth. *** I do not like the concept being proposed here. *** There is no quantifiable feedback for labels who bundle artists' tracks with Mixxx. I would like to see this in the form of unlockable content. Register your copy of Mixxx (a short survey to help developers) to generate an URL. Visit the URL to receive updates and downloads of virtual crates of featured artists' tracks. The secret (URL / private torrent / code) would be unique to each registered user. I don't know about how to do the crypto but I have seen this done such that the data provider (i.e. Mixxx) has one copy of the data accessible by many secrets. Track the secrets, now you have a way to quantify the downloads. There must be a benefit to users having a single registration that they keep track of. This could be a forum where their avatar status is designated a registered user, and a registered user-only forum. Get it blacklisted on bugmenot. I look at shoving tracks into Mixxx distribution as extremely lazy. Keep the ideas coming, but don't dare add bloat and legal complications to the Mixxx distribution! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
