This time the event includes Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. The company ran a first trial of the download concept in Britain last year. Image: APīehind the Digital Download Day effort is OD2, the digital music distribution company set up by British musician Peter Gabriel in 1999.

An estimated 14 million people download music for free and burn it to CDs each month worldwide, according to German music industry representatives.

Joining the effort are several smaller independent labels.Īll are terrified by the legacy of the first wildly successful file-sharing service Napster and the damage the industry says Kazaa and its ilk are doing to music sales. During that time Internet users can legally download over 160,000 titles from most the industry giants, including Sony, Universal and BMG. Though the initiative is billed as a “Day”, the campaign will actually run for over a week starting April 9. In response, major music labels in Germany and across Europe have teamed up to launch a so-called “Digital Download Day” to raise consumer awareness of the existence of legal digital music services. For the industry there is only one cause for the drop: Illegally downloaded music from Internet peer-to-peer sites like Kazaa, Grokster and Limewire. There are also mobile apps available if you don't want to use your web browser.Sales of German records slumped over 11 percent last year, the second consecutive double-digit decline. If you'd rather stream music instead of download it, Jamendo gives you that option, too. You can also browse via playlists, like 'Cool Instrumentals,' 'Chill Zone,' 'Fresh & New,' and 'Time To Dream.' When you find a song or artist you like, you can download that single track or the entire album. You can discover new music by viewing the most popular music and the songs that trending. The Latest music filter lets you see recently added songs, and you can search for artists that you know to see if their music is available for download.Īnother way to find great music here is by listening to one of the site's radio channels. All the free music downloads at Jamendo Music are made available through Creative Commons licensing, meaning that the artists themselves have decided they want to give out their music for free for anyone to enjoy.

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