MySpace to roll out music stores....SELL YOUR MUSIC!

[Doberman]

Pretty good stuff


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MySpace to roll out music stores
Artists to set up digital store fronts, sell music from their profile pages
The Associated Press


Updated: 8:46 a.m. PT Sept 5, 2006
LOS ANGELES - Social networking site MySpace.com on Tuesday formally announced it has partnered with San Francisco-based Snocap, a provider of copyright management services, to allow music sales on MySpace member sites.

The digital licensing software will allow artists to sell music from their profile pages and to set up a digital store front.

The MySpace and Snocap music services are expected to become available by the end of the calendar year.

On Friday, MySpace executives said the site would soon roll out music services, and a formal announcement was expected to come on Tuesday.

The service will likely pose a threat to existing digital music stores from the likes of Apple Computer Inc., Napster Inc. and RealNetworks Inc.


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URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14679905/

 

[fillyacup]

im cool.....id recomend artists not to....

shit, as much as they get hacked....fuck that....people fina be rippin artists off....

 

[Likwid]

I think it's great, but it won't come without a price. They will take a chunk of the profits, but shit your music will be available to people around the world, it's the space age version of sellin' tapes out the trunk.

 

[mac_luv]

Itunes is going to lose some serious market share.

 

[Hyfeeboy]

i think myspace doin that will benefit more underground artist rather then the nellyz , ying yangz , etc.. but you noe u want catch me downloadin myspace music for a price, pssh just wait for it in sicctunes

 

[gabe559]

crazy

 

[hyphyflip]

i think its way more better than just standing outside record stores and tryna hustle ur cds..

 

[Doberman]

Itunes is going to lose some serious market share.

yup

 

[All 4 the Bay]

^^^^^myspace aint no joke man. i remember some people saying myspace was gay as fuck and that they will never sign up. look at what the future is bringing us? whats next for myspace? they doing big thangs. Tom is a fuckin Hogg

 

[Defy]

myspace will probably take at least half the money off each song/cd sold......it'll be good for independent artists....actually, they'll probably get raped

 

[Defy]

^^^^^myspace aint no joke man. i remember some people saying myspace was gay as fuck and that they will never sign up. look at what the future is bringing us? whats next for myspace? they doing big thangs. Tom is a fuckin Hogg

tom sold it to the person who owns fox

 

[Nuttkase]

The article I read in the paper said that the artists will decide how much they want to sell each song for and that Myspace will keep 35-45 cents per song downloaded.

 

[Defy]

^yadada

 

[Nuttkase]

The thing that is kind of dope though is it is going to be in MP3 format...unlike Itunes. That's going to make a lot of major labels not want to fuck with it though because you could burn as many copies of the song as you want.