Rawrip launches offering 100% of download royalties
The latest digital music store to launch into the crowded marketplace is Rawrip, a UK-based service that launched in beta yesterday, with a full commercial rollout due in November. Its USP is that it offers artists and labels 100% of the download royalties from sales of their tracks, with Rawrip intending to make its money from advertising around the service. It’s launching with a catalogue of one million tracks supplied by indie labels and aggregators, and the company says it’s in talks with major labels to carry their catalogues too. The company offers artists a `Rawstore’ widget that they can embed on their MySpace and Facebook profiles.
Link: http://www.rawrip.com/
Tags: distribution launch, Rawrip
August 13th, 2008 at 6:40 am
indie…
Well, it’s time. Time to continue the tradition of ripping off other people’s indie 2007 top song, band and album picks for the past year. (See 2006 top songs, bands, bums and 2005 top songs, bands, bums for blasts from the past) Not only is it fun, …
August 25th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Gracias. Good idea. I’ll become your constant reader and subscribe on RSS.