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PayPlay has just launched “the world’s largest MP3 download store” — a store selling more than 1.3 million indie music tracks, with a search engine that allows you to search for your fave artists and get similar indie artists in the catalog…The recommendation system is the key to PayPlay, since it’s unlikely you’ve heard of most of the artists in their catalog….Still, it was easy to fill my basket with $20 worth of $0.88 music, all of which I’ve enjoyed immensely. PayPlay also features an admirable artist split, with artists taking home an average of $0.59 per track, (artists signed to labels average about seven percent of the price of an iTunes Store download), which means that your purchases at the store are pretty good karma, too.
[via BoingBoing]
iTunes has started offering their DRM-free Mp3s of EMI’s catelogue today though just before their month end deadline.
Coolfer points to an Engadget post on what he calls “the simple process of upgrading your EMI purchases”
While over on Hypebot: “The iTunes store has finally started selling thousands of EMI tracks DRM free, but consumers may not enjoy the hoops they have to jump through to get them.”
The two not agreeing on things is evident if you read both blogs and was noted on Hypebot yesterday when reference was made to Coolfer’s new job at Warner.
Also on Hypebot on the topic of iTunes/EMI: iTunes Upgrade Paves Way For EMI’s DRM Free Launch. Indies Left Wondering When They’ll Be Invited.
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