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• 21 Sep 08
  

  tony curzon price

  • The Magnatune revolution

    
    

    John Buckman
    

    
    

    The net-based record label Magnatune is pioneering a new way of making "open music" an instrument of creative empowerment, says its founder John Buckman.

    
    
• 06 Dec 07
  

  sigurdtm
  • If a film is shown for free there is no cost to use our music: that's how the Creative Commons license works. But if a film gets picked up for distribution, an automated music-licensing-shopping-cart at Magnatune gives a fair, non-discriminatory price; and we never exercise creative control over a film, something unheard of in the music business.
  • This has worked remarkably well. Over 1,000 films have licensed our music in our four years of business. One, which features all Magnatune music, was nominated at a film festival for "best movie soundtrack".

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