Rhea Myers

Magnatune: Less Evil Than Sony

A freeloader complains about Magnatune introducing a nagware policy for their noncommercial offerings:

Magnatune: We’re not as evil as we could be

If you don’t want a company to introduce nagware, buy their products once in a while.

Magnatune show either great chutzpah or the negative effects of speed reading by misrepresenting Lessig and Stallman to claim that noncommercial nagware is helping to build the commons:

Magnatune’s thoughts on the article

Ugh.

There are many fine copyleft record labels who are building a real cultural commons. Loca and OpSound for example.

Technorati Tags: [free culture](http://www.technorati.com/tag/free culture), music