Another new, clued record label

Techdirt writes up another MP3 and customer friendly startup label, Loca, and comments:

...sounds like more new music labels are going with this approach. At this point, they're all small time operations - but it's a step in the right direction. It will take time, but these new labels that are both artist and consumer friendly are going to be what kills the old time recording industry...

What he said. And you know, there's another way to get to the critical mass platform that I foresee: a roll-up. Some of you M&A artistes might want to be keeping a list... [Due Diligence]

3:28:09 AM    

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3:27:39 AM    

Score one for the good guys...

Register.  Archive.org to host the independent music titles stored in collections in the now defunct MP3.com.

"Our approach is to provide unlimited bandwidth forever for free," he told us today. "There's no amount of material that frightens us. MP3.com's collection is five terabytes. No sweat. We've been adding forty terabytes a month." Kahle added that the archive.org had plenty of bandwidth too.

[John Robb's Weblog]

3:18:16 AM