Fwd: Magnatune: How do you try before you buy?

Mike Linksvayer ml at creativecommons.org
Thu Oct 9 00:07:16 EDT 2003


Kevin Marks wrote:
> Issues with CC confusion here.

Magnatune does lend itself to a bit of confusion, but the confusion is 
on the part of expectant browsers, not Magnatune.  Magnatune does offer 
downloads (somewhat hidden), but it wouldn't need to offer free 
downloads at all in order to publish music under a Creative Commons 
license.  It could charge for media or downloads, but permit free 
redistribution of music once obtained.

Personally I strongly prefer downloading to streaming, but those are 
business strategies for Magnatune and others to explore, not license 
requirements.

(This topic would be more appropriate for cc-licenses 
<http://creativecommons.org/discuss#license> than here.)

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