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April 16, 2004

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Eric

I would be interested in viewing your video if it wasn't on Quicktime. I had to remove that player because it took over every media I tried to use and worked poorly at best. Possibly because I use an Hp and listen to Magnatune on my MusicMAtch radio player. Let me know if you transfer the video onto another format compatible with RealPlayer or WindowsMedia.
Thanks for your post, Eric

Shawn Fumo

I guess it is good to have the P2P stuff clarified. It is just funny, as that part of my post was pretty much a throwaway comment, and I wasn't thinking of actually putting anything up on P2P. :)

My main point was just that since the 128bit mp3s are licensed with something similar to CC attribution sharealike, that people might think the full quality versions were the same way, and that the main benefits of buying would just be to support the artists and have easy access to a high-bandwith d/l of the higher quality.

BTW, while I'm here.. one quick question. For something like Brad Sucks' album, where he says on his site that you are free to copy the album and give it to other people, I take it that in the technical sense, that'd only apply if you bought the cd directly from him, with the Magnatune license being a bit more restrictive?

I'd rather direct people to buy copies from Magnatune anyway (this way Brad doesn't have to burn and mail these things out himself, and I like supporting this server), but I just thought it was an interesting situation..

John Buckman

You wrote:
"For something like Brad Sucks' album, where he says on his site that you are free to copy the album and give it to other people, I take it that in the technical sense, that'd only apply if you bought the cd directly from him, with the Magnatune license being a bit more restrictive?"

I let musicians distribute their music however they like, and some of my musicians choose to give away their music for free from their web site, while still having me sell it from Magnatune. That's fine by me.

As far as Brad promoting sharing his music goes, yes, technically, the "give it to anyone you know" idea that Brad uses to push his music would only be applicable to a CD you received from him, as opposed to a Magnatune WAV file you purchased (however, you're free to give the Magnatune MP3s to others).

So yes, there is a slightly different license, but I don't get too hung up about such things, as just getting the music out there is the goal, with some sort of incentive (besides "feeling good about doing good") for people to pay Magnatune for its service.

-john

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