Comments on: Magnatune http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/ Music creators rating the music libraries. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jasonfarnham http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-14678 jasonfarnham Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:35:23 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-14678 Hi Liz- I was just curious about this company- in your post here back in 2010 you mentioned that it's a good way to have some money trickling in- I was just wondering if you still feel that way. Also, do you feel you might be losing any income due to the creative commons license? Just wondering what your take is. I'm on the fence about submitting my album. thanks- your comments would be greatly appreciated :-) Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)
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]]> By: John Howes http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-6/#comment-9939 John Howes Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:59:52 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9939 Thanks John! Best of luck on your new business! Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: John from Magnatune http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-6/#comment-9938 John from Magnatune Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:48:09 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9938 <i>re: This is in regards to a comment from you last year about "performance waivers." I'm surprised you are able to do a "direct license" to a client in the UK. I thought PRS for Music in the UK prohibited direct license deals and required collection of performance royalties for all in-store use of music by themselves directly. Are the tracks on the CDs you send to the home-improvement chain perhaps not registered at any PRO? Or are they registered and you just do a direct license anyhow?</i> When we license music outside of the USA, and the customer wants a performance waiver, we only provide them music that is either a) not registered with any PRO, or b) registered with an American PRO (ASCAP/BMI). You are correct that we would not be able to sell a performance waiver from a PRS musician (the UK PRO) to the UK (or any other country except the USA). However, there is no problem with our selling a PRS signed musician inside the USA. And no problem either with a USA-PRO (ie ASCAP/BMI) musician being sold anywhere. This slightly complicated, but useful situation exists because the collecting societies in the USA were sued as monopolies, and have to operate in a non-exclusive capacity. As it happens, PRS in the UK actually called us on this, and I had a meeting with them (and their head lawyer), where they agreed that we were in the right. We're about to launch a new business called "MoodMixes" which will focus on the background-music-for-shops-and-restaurants field. I hope that clears things up! -john Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: John Howes http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-2/#comment-9937 John Howes Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:13:23 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9937 Hi John, This is in regards to a comment from you last year about "performance waivers." I'm surprised you are able to do a "direct license" to a client in the UK. I thought PRS for Music in the UK prohibited direct license deals and required collection of performance royalties for all in-store use of music by themselves directly. Are the tracks on the CDs you send to the home-improvement chain perhaps not registered at any PRO? Or are they registered and you just do a direct license anyhow? Regards, John G. Howes johnghowes@gmail.com Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: Art http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-9933 Art Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:10:26 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9933 When in doubt, Google is your friend;-) Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: Nameless http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-9932 Nameless Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:08:48 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9932 That Creative Commons thing seems fuzzy to me. Is it similar to a non-exclusive deal? Does the writer not get royalties from songs sold through this company? I am not totally clear on how it works, so I myself would probably stay away from this company. :-[ Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-9930 Daniel Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:10:06 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9930 I don't like that Magnatune uses the Creative Commons scheme to present itself as a "cool" company that somehow doesn't like copyright. Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: Liz Granite http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-9611 Liz Granite Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:04:52 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-9611 I've had my album on Magnatune for 3 months now and have been very pleased with the exposure it has given me. Additionally, it's always nice to have money trickling in! My experience is that their communication is top-notch and that their submission process runs smoothly and easily. The artist profiles are neat too! Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: John from Magnatune http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-7400 John from Magnatune Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:52:57 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-7400 re: film/tv placements. We're very, very strong on the indie film scene, with over 2000 placements in 8 years. We are not strong at all on TV, with less than 20 placements in that time. Here is a list of some of our placements: http://magnatune.com/info/licensing_examples -john Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

]]> By: Pat http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/m-to-m/magnatune/comment-page-5/#comment-7399 Pat Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:53:03 +0000 http://musiclibraryreport.com/?p=161#comment-7399 Thanks John. Maybe so. Please to view this Content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

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