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	Magnatune has been a leader in implementing the [[Ccplus\|CC+]] protocol. [http://magnatune.com/artists/debenedictis Lisa DeBenedictis] is a popular music on Magnatune. Debenedictis released an a capella version of [http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/375 "Girl and Supergirl"] on [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter]. The a capella vocals were remixed into 76 songs, and Magnatune picked the best remixes at the time for [http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/debenedictis-mixterone/ "Mixter One"], an compilation album where Magnatune signed distribution agreements with all the chosen remixers. Both the remixers and the original musician (DeBenedictis get paid for sales of the compilation. One of the remixes from "Mixter One" was then picked up as a commercial license by a [http://53x11.com/ bicycle company] for a [http://www.53x11.com/rouleur/ promotional CD], which they in turn sell.		Magnatune has been a leader in implementing the [[Ccplus\|CC+]] protocol. [http://magnatune.com/artists/debenedictis Lisa DeBenedictis] is a popular music on Magnatune. Debenedictis released an a capella version of [http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/375 "Girl and Supergirl"] on [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter]. The a capella vocals were remixed into 76 songs, and Magnatune picked the best remixes at the time for [http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/debenedictis-mixterone/ "Mixter One"], an compilation album where Magnatune signed distribution agreements with all the chosen remixers. Both the remixers and the original musician (DeBenedictis get paid for sales of the compilation. One of the remixes from "Mixter One" was then picked up as a commercial license by a [http://53x11.com/ bicycle company] for a [http://www.53x11.com/rouleur/ promotional CD], which they in turn sell.

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			== Impact ==
			'''What is the impact of this CC-enabled project or resource? Specifically, what has the license enabled that otherwise would not exist? Provide statistics or other data if possible.'''

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			== Technical Details ==

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	\|Description=Magnatune: The Open Record Label		\|Description=Magnatune: The Open Record Label
	\|Quote=Open Music is music that is shareable, available in ‘source code’ form, allows derivative works and is free of cost for non-commercial use. It is the concept of ‘open source’ computer software applied to music.
	~~\|Quote_Attribution=John Buckman~~
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	\|Mainurl=http://www.openrightsgroup.org/creativebusiness/index.php/John_Buckman:_Magnatune, http://www.magnatune.com		\|Mainurl=http://www.openrightsgroup.org/creativebusiness/index.php/John_Buckman:_Magnatune, http://www.magnatune.com
	\|Author=Magnatune		\|Author=Magnatune
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			\|Quote=Open Music is music that is shareable, available in ‘source code’ form, allows derivative works and is free of cost for non-commercial use. It is the concept of ‘open source’ computer software applied to music.
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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
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			* [http://blog.magnatune.com/2011/05/library-uses-magnatune-for-all-you-can-eat-music.html Ann Arbor District Library System purchases Magnatune subscription for its 107,000 members]
	=== Video Interview ===		=== Video Interview ===
	'''John Buckman''' did an interview for the documentary titled '''Publishing Open Content''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube]'''.		'''John Buckman''' did an interview for the documentary titled '''Publishing Open Content''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube]'''.

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== Overview ==

Magnatune, a record label founded in 2003, is a pioneer of open music, the most successful attempt to embed Creative Commons (CC) licenses in a sustainable commercial venture, and an early adopter of variable pricing. Initially conceived as part online radio station, part retailer and part licensing-suite, the business model continues to evolve in response to consumer and technology trends. Magnatune uses unconventional means to create the fan base, and then monetizes it via the traditional -- though updated — methods of selling downloads and commercial licensing rights.

Magnatune makes non-exclusive agreements with its artists and gives them fifty percent of any proceeds from online sales or licensing. All tracks available on Magnatune come without DRM and buyers can set the price they wish to pay for an album.

== License Usage ==

The most distinctive of Magnatune’s many unusual features is the policy of ‘open music’, which is defined as having a catalogue that is “shareable, available in ‘source code’ form, allows derivative works and is free of cost for non-commercial use.” Magnatune advocates for "Shareable music" -- a distinct forking from the standard, ‘all rights reserved’ approach, because users are permitted to — rather than prohibited from — distribute further copies of the track. These permissions are signaled to users by the CC ‘Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike’ license. In this case, permission to share also allows users to listen to the entire catalogue for free via the website’s 128kbps streams, as well as to download the 128kbps MP3 files themselves by clicking the “license” and then “non-commercial (Creative Commons)” button.

The purpose of making music available in source code is to encourage derivative works, such as remixes, cover songs and sampling. Source code also helps users understand the make-up and composition of a work. Magnatune encourages all its musicians to make their tracks available in ‘source code’, a concept imported from software production that means the software program in its original language8. In the context of open music, the source code could be the scores, lyrics, MIDI files, samples or track-by-track audio files that comprise a recording. Again, the CC license used by Magnatune explicitly permits users to make derivative works for non-commercial purposes.

Although non-commercial use of the Magnatune catalogue and its source code are free, users are restrained by the terms of the license from using the work for commercial purposes. Users are not permitted to exploit the catalogue to make a profit. If any track in the catalogue is used with a commercial purpose, for example in a compilation or as a sample in a new track that will be for sale, then the user is required to negotiate commercial terms.

The process of applying CC licenses to works — even an entire catalogue — involves only a few clicks to produce the HTML code. The licenses are available at no cost.

== Motivations ==

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== Media ==

=== Video Interview ===
'''John Buckman''' did an interview for the documentary titled '''Publishing Open Content''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube]'''.

Other interviews for this production can be found '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adX60H8dkM here]''' (Part One) and '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVH2lNfKwY here]''' (Part Two).

=== Acknowledgments ===
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This case study incorporates text by Michael Holloway at the [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group] and is licensed CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ BY-SA].

[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2524218/Slices-of-the-Digital-Music-Business-Early-2008 "Slices of the Digital Music Business Early 2008"]

== CC+ implementation ==

As with most record labels, the business model is part business (B2B) and part consumer (B2C) sales, with income divided roughly equally across the two revenue sources. This means that for John and his artists, half their income is from the fans that love the records and the other half is from licenses for commercial use, such as in film, TV or advertising.

Magnatune has been a leader in implementing the [[Ccplus|CC+]] protocol. [http://magnatune.com/artists/debenedictis Lisa DeBenedictis] is a popular music on Magnatune. Debenedictis released an a capella version of [http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/375 "Girl and Supergirl"] on [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter]. The a capella vocals were remixed into 76 songs, and Magnatune picked the best remixes at the time for [http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/debenedictis-mixterone/ "Mixter One"], an compilation album where Magnatune signed distribution agreements with all the chosen remixers. Both the remixers and the original musician (DeBenedictis get paid for sales of the compilation. One of the remixes from "Mixter One" was then picked up as a commercial license by a [http://53x11.com/ bicycle company] for a [http://www.53x11.com/rouleur/ promotional CD], which they in turn sell.

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			=== Video Interview ===
			'''John Buckman''' did an interview for the documentary titled '''Publishing Open Content''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube]'''.

			Other interviews for this production can be found '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adX60H8dkM here]''' (Part One) and '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVH2lNfKwY here]''' (Part Two).

			=== Acknowledgments ===
	[[Image:By-sa.png\|88px]]<br/>		[[Image:By-sa.png\|88px]]<br/>
	This case study incorporates text by Michael Holloway at the [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group] and is licensed CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ BY-SA].		This case study incorporates text by Michael Holloway at the [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group] and is licensed CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ BY-SA].

	[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2524218/Slices-of-the-Digital-Music-Business-Early-2008 "Slices of the Digital Music Business Early 2008"]		[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2524218/Slices-of-the-Digital-Music-Business-Early-2008 "Slices of the Digital Music Business Early 2008"]

	John Buckman did an interview for the documentary titled Publishing Open Content by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube].


	~~Other interviews for this production can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adX60H8dkM] here (Part One) and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVH2lNfKwY here] (Part Two).~~

	== CC+ implementation ==		== CC+ implementation ==

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			John Buckman did an interview for the documentary titled Publishing Open Content by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Pinter Frances Pinter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Percy David Percy] covering the topic of publishing businesses that use Creative Commons licenses. The video can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmas-L3TLN0 YouTube].


			Other interviews for this production can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adX60H8dkM] here (Part One) and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVH2lNfKwY here] (Part Two).

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	Magnatune makes non-exclusive agreements with its artists and gives them fifty percent of any proceeds from online sales or licensing. All tracks available on Magnatune come without DRM and buyers can set the price they wish to pay for an album.		Magnatune makes non-exclusive agreements with its artists and gives them fifty percent of any proceeds from online sales or licensing. All tracks available on Magnatune come without DRM and buyers can set the price they wish to pay for an album.

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	The process of applying CC licenses to works — even an entire catalogue — involves only a few clicks to produce the HTML code. The licenses are available at no cost.		The process of applying CC licenses to works — even an entire catalogue — involves only a few clicks to produce the HTML code. The licenses are available at no cost.

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			This case study incorporates text by Michael Holloway at the [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group] and is licensed CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ BY-SA].

			[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2524218/Slices-of-the-Digital-Music-Business-Early-2008 "Slices of the Digital Music Business Early 2008"]

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	Magnatune has been a leader in implementing the [[Ccplus\|CC+]] protocol. [http://magnatune.com/artists/debenedictis Lisa DeBenedictis] is a popular music on Magnatune. Debenedictis released an a capella version of [http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/375 "Girl and Supergirl"] on [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter]. The a capella vocals were remixed into 76 songs, and Magnatune picked the best remixes at the time for [http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/debenedictis-mixterone/ "Mixter One"], an compilation album where Magnatune signed distribution agreements with all the chosen remixers. Both the remixers and the original musician (DeBenedictis get paid for sales of the compilation. One of the remixes from "Mixter One" was then picked up as a commercial license by a [http://53x11.com/ bicycle company] for a [http://www.53x11.com/rouleur/ promotional CD], which they in turn sell.		Magnatune has been a leader in implementing the [[Ccplus\|CC+]] protocol. [http://magnatune.com/artists/debenedictis Lisa DeBenedictis] is a popular music on Magnatune. Debenedictis released an a capella version of [http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/375 "Girl and Supergirl"] on [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter]. The a capella vocals were remixed into 76 songs, and Magnatune picked the best remixes at the time for [http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/debenedictis-mixterone/ "Mixter One"], an compilation album where Magnatune signed distribution agreements with all the chosen remixers. Both the remixers and the original musician (DeBenedictis get paid for sales of the compilation. One of the remixes from "Mixter One" was then picked up as a commercial license by a [http://53x11.com/ bicycle company] for a [http://www.53x11.com/rouleur/ promotional CD], which they in turn sell.

	~~See also: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/2524218/Slices-of-the-Digital-Music-Business-Early-2008 "Slices of the Digital Music Business Early 2008"]~~

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	~~This case study incorporates text by Michael Holloway at the [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group] and is licensed CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ BY-SA].~~

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