Finalmente as majors começam a diversificar a sério os seus canais de distribuíção

EMI FIRST MAJOR TO SELL MP3S VIA INDIVIDUAL SITES

Artists signed to EMI Music can now sell their
music to fans directly from their individual Web
sites or MySpace profile thanks to a deal with
SnoCap. Central to the deal is SnoCap's MyStores
service, a Web-based digital storefront that
allows artists to sell individual tracks from virtually
any Web page. To-date, MyStores have
been limited to the MySpace social networking
site, but can be added to other Web sites as well.
As is the norm nowadays with EMI deals, the
music purchased from the MyStores application
will be DRM free, higher-quality files for
$1.30 each. SnoCap plans to support full album
purchased later this year.
EMI is the second major label to adopt the
MyStores model, but the first to do so free of
DRM. Warner Music Group in April struck a
deal with SnoCap to let its artists sell PlaysFor-
Sure-capable file from their MySpace pages via
the MyStores service.
EMI artist adding MyStore to their MySpace
profiles and Web sites this week include 30 Seconds
to Mars, Korn, MIMS and Yellowcard,
among many others.
—Antony Bruno, Denver

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