Re: bandcamp rules

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Oh, I forgot that Bandcamp recently decided to keep 15 percent instead
of nothing. You may mean that change? I think that is ok as well.
Bandcamp still is the only music web shop service that lets you use
specific images for each song within a digital album. It amazes me
that not more offer this because it is a great option for artist's
expression as well as an interesting extra bonus for users.

As I remembered the legal text (don't have time to log in and re-read
it now) it was just the usual stuff that makes it legal for Bandcamp
to host your recordings and use pictures as you as a trademark. The
same stuff that has to be agreed on in traditional artists contracts
to make it legal for a record label to handle the recordings in
public. Nothing there to be afraid of - on the contrary, without
having signed such a deal you should be afraid because then most
countries law would define the Bandcamp service as illegal ;-)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com
www.looproom.com internet music hub



On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Zoe Keating <info@zoekeating.com> wrote:
> also, i think 10% is a good deal for what they do. i did some research 
>into
> other services and bandcamp was the most well designed and the most
> responsive in terms of customer support. it was free for a long time and 
>i
> was actually relieved when they started charging because that makes me
> hopeful they won't disappear!
> On Nov 23, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Zoe Keating wrote:
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> I'm a big bandcamp fan. I've been using their service to sell my music 
>since
> June.
> On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:58 AM, daniel wrote:
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> I've been using BandCamp for a while, now. I like it. Many of my friends 
>use
> it. Seems pretty legit to me.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:22 AM
> Subject: Re: bandcamp rules
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
>
> I didn't see anything evil in there. I mean, if you're talking about
> the recent restrictions in free givaways? We still have the option to
> give free download codes to media people for promotion, this useful
> feature has not changed. I think it is good that Bandcamp is not
> becoming a free music hub because if that should be allowed Nathan and
> the crew wouldn't be able to keep the service up. Server space and
> donuts still cost money ;-)
>
> Just "for safety's sake": if you may provide a link to the specific
> text you're talking about it may help this discussion.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote:
>> Can anyone translate the new Bandcamp terms of use from lawyer speak 
>into
>> something that simple minds like me can understand?  is there anything 
>I
>> should be worried about? -Michael
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