Magnatune

Why Magnatune is not evil

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.

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Why Magnatune is not evil

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

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