Pay Artists for Music from Napster

No, No! I've got to save this money for my Metallica cock ring!

actually i think i'll send in a few bucks to some artists. and when you think about it 7 dollars is like selling 250 albums.

I sent this news item in to steve almost a month ago!! basti.

This company is run by two high-school buddies of mine. :)

Interesting idea, but it works under the principle that swapping MP3s IS illegal and morally wrong, and so if you choose to do something illegal, you should at least justify it to yourself by sending some money to the artist. Seems like flawed logic to me, but... interesting idea nonetheless. I'm curious to see if it catches on.

As for it being an amateur-looking site.. What does it matter? They have all the proper licenses and secure pages and whatnot... It's no different from sending your credit card number to some computer OEM or anything else. Also, they have an external company audit them every month (?) who will publish the results so that we can be sure that they're on the up and up.

Hey here is a plan:

We keep downloading and listening to our free stuff.

End of plan.


(maybe take a break during the downloading of Sanitarium.mp3 and go get a burger)

I think the record industry should give everyone who has purchased music cd's in the last five years a refund of 5 dollars a cd. Price fixing assholes.

Hmm, no thanks. But I might pay certain artists never to record again.

First up, this scheme backs the Record Companies into a corner. Ever since MP3s first surfaced, their line has been "If you don't buy the CD, you aren't supporting the artist!" That means they can't criticize or sue Fairtunes without looking like the two-faced money-grubbing sons-of-bitches that they are.

I am going to send a check to Eminem, via Fairtunes, just for that reason!

But, OTOH, what's to stop Fairtunes from creating a monopoly in "artist compensation" and becoming another evil corporation?

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Autograph? Why yes! just send $5 in the mail to bo.....

..wait.. my sarcasm alert just went off...


jackanapes

I have a half of my BigMac left from lunch. Do you guys think I should send it to Britney 'cause I downloaded that "oops I did it again" song through Napster?


(The song wasn't for me it was for my friend honestly)

sara mclaghlan is crappy now.

What kind of artist loving hippie bullshit is this!?

I'll bet you that metallica isn't on this list to pay artists.
This thing is going down.

nofx says on their website.. "I can tell you that out of the $7.25 (or so)wholesale price Nofx gets a lot of it. ... you can get it [their record] directly from us for like $10."

Might as well just buy it from them and skip this boners website.

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-Ze BFF d00d

Uncle Tera, hows about you serve us up a nice bowl of some MP3s pr0n ?

I think that it is a really good idea, but I don't foresee much support for this kind of service. Message to artits: Sell your fucking music over the internet directly.

No wait, send all your money to Selloutica Lars so he can finally get that ivory backscratcher!

-Ze BFF d00d

Actually I have changed my tune here lately more than Joe Lieberman, now, I love Napster (used to hate it), plus I just bought Metallica S&M (said I'd never buy another CD EVER).

I can't imagine parting your credit card info with an amateur site like that.

i am, and you should too. Napster BAAAAAAAAD !

i am selling nothing all my metallica cds on ebay and sending a big brown paper bag full of shit the money to Lars as we speak type.

I like this idea because the music goes to the artist instead of those money grubbing corporations..

dunno if I'll actually send anything though...

Damnit Zach, we make millions every year, but goodlord someone sent us 35 bucks! What should we do with it? "Fives? When the hell did they start making those?"

All fun and kidding btw

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ROFL i dont see many people doing this at all heh, althought 7 bux does sound mighty amazing!

i'm going to do this. my money is fatboy slim's money now.

pup (rock!)

Nice idea and all, but who's going to give "some guy" a credit card number?

Why you bitches didn't get first post!

I don't really know