Quote Originally Posted by MARK EG
we are working on the d/l section right now.within 2-3 months we will have an mp3 downloads section for the artists we're all talking about here. techno needs a quality control and hey, as long as we have the d/l sections like we have the forums, then i can't see this not working. the d/l's refelct the forums and we're all rockin. we'll have the known artists in the d/l's section for the various forums and then the upcomings in the production forums... i think you can all see what i'm getting at here. we all get paid, we all stay part of the community :)

if anyone relates to this and understands php, please contact me. otherwise i wiill sort this out myself. and believe me i will. we bloody need this.
You need to do a spread sheet first tho Mark, lets look at the costs:

MP3 = 99p

The Bank will probably charge 35p if you are using a merchant account. The transaction company will charge you a % plus monthly charge, lets say 20p per transaction - so that's 55p + bandwidth/Server and there's still BOA and The Artist to pay, so that leaves 44p for everything else. This kind of thing only works on a large scale or with full EPs/Albums.

Another thing is copyright and reporting, over 12% of releases on iTunes are contested for example - legal nigthmare and when you add all the other rights to this...well....

Don't want to piss on your fire but you'll need to have this covered, hit me on msn if you wanna chat about it...