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Re: bandcamp rules



I've been using them for close to two years and find it a great resource for several projects.  For most part I've sold very little but given away a fair amount.  I go in stages from setting a price to pay what you want, probably best to stick one or other.  I changed to set price on most projects to be consistent in support of one CD which was a diabetes benefit record.

I think with all they have given musicians for the last couple of years that whatever they want to keep is within reason really.  For those making more money from them I can see it's probably hard to be so open on this.

Jim
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Matt Stevens <mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com> wrote:
If you sell over $5K its only 10%
On 23 Nov 2010, at 22:35, Per Boysen wrote:

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.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:

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:

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


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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