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Sources to purchase mp3s? (piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago by the_abecedarian@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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On this thread: https://piefed.social/post/1243539 one of the main points of contention is about the tension between how spotify pays artists very little, but piracy doesn't, on it's own, pay them at all.

I'm a heavy user of bandcamp, but i know that it has strengths and weaknesses: it's great for finding independent artists and small labels, but it doesnt have a big catalog for popular tracks.

Do people have experience with other sources for purchasing? What about https://us.7digital.com/ ?

Specifically for self hosting, is there a way to streamline purchases from sites like these into lidarr? If not, is there an automated solution for (1) uncompressing a downloaded archive file from a purchase, then (2) making it conform to a file/folder organizational structure, and (3) having navidrome, jellyfin, etc import it?

Just trying to find workable ideas for owning music and getting artists most of the money.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not if you're buying them 2nd hand on eBay, which would represent the bulk of building a collection.

To be clear, im not trying to detract from the effort, it's just op mentioned artists not getting paid what they deserve.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bit of a stretch, but second-hand sales do influence the value of the CD and therefore increase its initial sale price (ie. CDs have extra value because they can be resold).

So buying used does indirectly increase profits, though of course the lion's share of that is likely not going to the artist anyway.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Sure, I can accept that.

I don't particularly have an opinion on artist compensation vs listener freedom when it comes to this. Obviously, I would prefer artists were paid what they deserve, but I don't like participating in the fallacy that the end user is ethically responsible for the bullshit music industry infrastructure not paying artists properly.

I give where I can, but I'm just some person.