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It's a question of philosophy, really. You're right, Beatport's selection is the stumbling block: we won't distribute to a store that reserves the right to refuse content on aesthetic grounds. It wouldn't be fair to our artists to offer a store, then have to go back to them and say, "Sorry, the ...

Good post.

I have a technology question for you. With phone apps like Shazam and SoundHound you can hold your phone up to a speaker and within seconds it will tell you what the song is and by who. I'm wondering if there is some kind of programing variance that can be made for sites like yours that ...

Of course I'm taking the blog and the posts at face value. Assuming it is the truth though Peter, you haven't addressed what I think are the important points.

1. You state that you're fine if you use all your own property. It seems pretty clear to me that the blogger is. So why didn't they get ...

Welcome to the Ableton forum Peter. I teach a PLC course on the music industry and were looking evaluating the various online distributors soon so I might take you up on the offer of you answering a few questions if you didn't mind?

My pleasure! Feel free to write any time.

--Peter
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You can get licenses from the publishing rights holders (for covers), or even rights to sample or otherwise use someone's masters (master-use licensing) or even both (sync licensing). Usually it just requires money or a bit of homework. We created some guides to help folks know their rights and the ...