Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Magnatune other than being an infrequent
customer.

In the blog (
http://blogs.magnatune.com/buckman/2008/11/reassuring-my-musicians.html ) of
the founder of Magnatune founder John Buckman, he indicates they have a
financial problem. Many people are coming to the site to hear music, but not
many (1/150) are buying music, compared to the 1 in 32 when he started.

My analysis: his problem is that he's giving away "bandwidth" too freely, even
if he's appropriately giving away "the music" under voluntary pricing or
creative commons licenses.  I admire the humanitarian & political implications
of his desire not to be "evil" in his pricing schemes. Is there a way to
accomplish this in a business setting, to let people experience the music,
without giving away the store in bandwidth?

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