Four years ago, inspired by the open-source movement, I launched Magnatune - an internet-based record label based on a model I called "open music". At the time, the major-label music industry was on a ...

Magnatune, founded by John Buckman in 2003, is a music label with an associated website. Today was the first time I heard about Magnatune (thanks to Ajay Juneja), but I agree entirely with their ...

On April 2, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs along with EMI CEO Eric Nicoli announced DRM-free downloads at a new cost of $1.29 US—a fee that's $.30 more than the current DRM-formatted music. Shouldn't ...

Magnatune is an Internet music record label. It was born out of personal experiences from my wife releasing her CD on a British record label and some observations I'd gathered about the music industry ...

As the major record companies scramble to put a lid on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Morpheus and Kazaa, an upstart California record label is trying to revolutionize the industry by taking ...

BERKELEY – John Buckman does not consider himself a revolutionary. Splitting all album and licensing sales with musicians 50-50, letting artists maintain the rights to their music, and allowing ...

Leave it to a small, progressive label to be forward-thinking enough to start releasing tracks on USB flash drives. Magnatune, the online record label founded by John Buckman, struck a deal with Hana ...

IF, AS many people hope, the internet means that the major record labels will gradually become obsolete, what exactly is going to displace them? Apple's iTunes is clearly a part of the future, but it ...

Browsing other genres is recommended, since everything from instrumental hard rock to unusual blends of ethnic styles and instruments can be found. Imagine wrecking your new Ferrari, but meeting your ...

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington points us to Magnatune, a Berkeley start-up he says has figured out the music business model of the future. Magnatune allows buyers to download music in the digital ...

John Buckman is the founder/owner of the record label Magnatune, and organiser of the peer-to-peer book exchange BookMooch. He is a member of the board of directors at Creative Commons and the ...