Archive for September, 2005

Flickr

flickr Flickr is the premier webservice for photo sharing - for free. Yet, it is a successful business. Continue reading »

HSRC Press

HSRC Press Using an open access model, HSRC demonstrated that Africans are producers of important and influential social research. Distribution of South African cultural research is cheaper and more efficient and using this model. Continue reading »

Tecno Brega

Tecno Brega music is "born free" in the sense that copyright protection is not a part of the business model developed by its creators. The CDs sold are utilized as marketing material-- advertisements for the highly popular weekly "sound system" parties. The parties are advertised by the distribution of Continue reading »

Wikicompany

Wikicompany is a community built, free-content, worldwide, business directory web site. Its vision of is to serve up-to-date (and reasonably neutral) information about the current business environment. Continue reading »

Music DVD´s in Brazil

This is an open business model taking place in numerous states in Brazil, including the poorest. A market for music DVDs is quickly emerging in the peripheries of Brazil. Producers all over Brazil have developed a method of recording live concerts by local bands and selling DVDs of the Continue reading »

Magnatune

Magnatune has significantly helped in the sale and distribution of hundreds of artists, whose music would otherwise be heard and purchased with far less frequency, by providing free sampling methods and genre specificity options. Added music consumption in this fashion, in conjunction Continue reading »

Loca Records

As a small label, copyleft licensing has allowed a fan-base to develop that is very enthusiastic about the ability to use the music in a number of different ways and also to grow the artists on the label. The latest release LOCA0IX (Ward) has been given a great review in Continue reading »

Funk Carioca

The favelas, or shantytowns, of Brazil have developed innovative methods of providing access to music at a low cost while still making a profit. Numerous artists in Brazil produce and sell music and films through alternative selling points at a very low price. The selling points range from newsstands to Continue reading »

Fading Ways

Fading Ways is a traditional indie label who believes that file-sharing does NOT harm sales, but rather can help make indie artists better known. Our Share sampler series is one of our primary means of promotion. We have assembled street-teams around the world to help spread the Share samplers. Fading Continue reading »

Espacio Cubo

The Espacio Cubo is a self-sustaining music cooperative located in the state of Matto Grosso in Brazil. The cooperative has been able to self-finance the production and distribution of its recordings. The Espacio Cubo has created its own "currency" to intermediate exchanges among the participants. Continue reading »

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