38 sites de musica, gratis ou baratinhos...

38 free/cheap music sites — Welcome to the fray, Qbox!

- «No single strategy for listening to music online has come to dominate the market, as record labels, managers, artists, fans, Apple’s music offering, Internet radio and recommendation companies all jockey for position. But one thing is clear above all the din: Fans will not be denied their music — and most want it free.

- We tell you what the service does, what its business model looks like, and whether it lets users stream or download, among other things. The most useful categories may be 1) what we’ve termed “musicability,” or how easy can you find the song you want (this may be the best way to pick a potential favorite), and 2) “genre,” or how easy it is to search through a particular genre of music. Both are rated on a scale of 5.

-despite copyright restrictions, many of the sites manage to share music legally; others are dubious but are surviving anyway. We’ve most definitely missed several — we haven’t included most torrent or peer-to-peer (P2P) companies because there are simply too many of them and the majority operate illegally.

NOTAS essenciais:

- duas formas de difusão: streaming ou downloading (alguns tambem em telemoveis, iPhone

- Modelo de negócio: publicidade (audio ou banners), versões premium e vendas associadas (amazon, por exemplo

- A legalidade de alguns espaços é discutivel

A grande diversidade é na classificação destes sites: tanto são music search engines (ou search and discovery music engine ou jukebox/music search engine), como «music storage space», social music downloading, social music service, social music site, social network media site (ou social network service), music store, social media radio site, social music locker, social music blogging, online music locker, music storage locker, music radio, online music service