jamendo
| lipiec 18th, 2006jamendo operates based on following rules :
- We publish online music and links for online music under Creative Commons licenses. Any publication that doesn’t agree to this licensing agreement is immediately removed from our website, along with any of its references. We reserve the right to prosecute anyone who intentionally publishes on jamendo music that they do not have the rights to.
- We are not an exclusive representative for artists who appear on our website. Artists are free to promote and distribute their music with all other means, subject to the limitation of the copyright.
- We use a system of rating based on the opinions of our listener community. Only the listeners can give an opinion and influence the visibility of an album and its artist on the website.
- We make a reasonable and moderate use of advertising.
- Our downloadable archives on peer-to-peer networks are free of any advertisment.
- We are committed to exclude all “explicit” content (sex, racism, …) both in the music and in the advertisements.
jamendo is a new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music.
On jamendo, the artists distribute their music under Creative Commons licenses. In a nutshell, they allow you to download, remix and share their music freely. It’s a “Some rights reserved” agreement, perfectly suited for the new century.
These new rules make jamendo able to use the new powerful means of digital distribution like Peer-to-Peer networks such as BitTorrent or eMule to legally distribute albums at near-zero cost.
jamendo users can discover and share albums, but also review them or start a discussion on the forums. Albums are democratically rated based on the visitors’ reviews. If they fancy an artist they can support him by making a donation.
jamendo is the only platform that joins together :
- A legal framework protecting the artists (thanks to the Creative Commons licenses).
- Free, simple and quick access to the music, for everyone.
- The use of the lastest Peer-to-Peer technologies
- The possibility of making direct donations to the artists.
- An adaptive music recommendation system based on iRATE to help listeners discover new artists based on their tastes and on other criterias such as their location.