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Jamendo
Opened	January 2005
Pricing model	Free
Platforms	Platform independent
Format	MPEG Layer 3 (.mp3), Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)
Restrictions	None (content available under Creative Commons licenses, other licenses)
Catalogue	13000+ artists, 25000+ albums
Preview	Entire song
Streaming	Yes
Burning/copying	Allowed
Trial	None
Protocol	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http://), BitTorrent, eMule
Availability	WorldWide
Features	Tags, Free downloads, Community
Website	www.jamendo.com

Jamendo is a music platform and community.

All music on Jamendo is free to download and licensed through one of several Creative Commons licenses or the Free Art License, making it legal to copy and share, as well as to modify and make commercial use of for some, depending on the license. Jamendo allows streaming of all of its thousands of albums in either Ogg Vorbis or MP3 format, and downloads through the BitTorrent and eDonkey networks.

The name is a portmanteau of two musical terms: "jam" and "crescendo".^[1]

[edit] Site features

Creative Commons/Free Art License licensed music
BitTorrent and eDonkey for full album downloads
Ogg Vorbis and MP3 encoded audio files
An integrated rating and recommendation system
Tags and reviews to discover artists
Voluntary donations to artists through PayPal

There are more than 25,000 albums available for download now on Jamendo. ^[2] Widely varied music genres and styles include: Dance/Electro, Hip-Hop, Metal, Jazz, Lounge, Pop/Songwriting, and Rock.

Based in Luxembourg, Jamendo is multilingual. While the website was primarily in French at first, there are now complete, official versions in English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian available as well (as of November 2008).

In April 2008, Jamendo launched a special interface for searching for MP3 and Ogg Vorbis torrents.^[3]

[edit] Business model

According to one article on Jamendo's business model,^[4] Jamendo's use of voluntary donations represents the first serious attempt for a file sharing site to provide a direct way to pay artists. In January 2007, Jamendo provided an advertising revenue sharing model for artists.^[5]

While sites such as YouTube are still implementing plans to offer artists a share of their advertising revenue, Jamendo claims to let artists keep 50% of the revenue generated and almost 100% of the donations that Jamendo visitors give, go to individual artists.

[edit] Integration with media players

Jamendo has possibilities of integration within media players. The free software media players Rhythmbox (since version 0.9.6), Totem Movie Player and Amarok 2 already provide integration with Jamendo.^[6]

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[edit] External links

Jamendo
Jamendo, a business model that works by Robert Nagle.
Jamendo Publishes their 10,000th CC-Licensed Album Cameron Parkins, June 20th, 2008

[0] Jamendo FAQ: What does "jamendo" mean?

[1] ttp://www.jamendo.com

[2] Jamendo Torrents

[3] TeleRead

[4] Jamendo site

[5] ttp://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/514-Jamendo-downloads-now-working.html

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