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Magnatune – they are not evil!

Magnatune publish new music with a difference:
  • Fantastic music: we work with artists directly, not with record labels, and all our music is hand-picked. On average, we accept 3% of submissions
  • Perfect audio quality: you get CD quality audio WAV files, as well as super-high quality VBR MP3s, AAC, and open source friendly FLAC and OGG formats (sample download page)
  • No DRM: No copy protection (DRM), you can do what you like with your music
  • Listen to everything: all our albums can be listened to in their entirety before you become a member
  • Download everything: our monthly membership allows you to download anything from our entire catalog–no limits.
  • MP3s everywhere: Our MP3s play everywhere: iPods and every portable device that supports MP3s
  • Musicians get paid: 50% of your purchase price goes directly to the musician, not to labels and their lawyers
  • Album art: every album includes high quality album art (in both Adobe Acrobat and 300DPI JPG formats)
  • Give to your friends: We encourage you to give 3 copies of any music from your membership to your friends
  • Artists direct: we sign contracts directly with musicians, so you can rest assured that we can legally license music to you, and no middlemen get in the way of the artist’s royalties
  • Podcast-legal: non-commercial podcasters can use our music for free
  • No major labels: we have absolutely nothing to do with major labels or the RIAA
  • Financially support Open Source: we financially support several open source projects such as Amarok and Rhythmbox

Give them a try; you won’t regret it.

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