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The Lowdown on Downloads

"Now that Napster is all but dead, Christian music companies are the first to try its model for profit"

Ted Olsen | posted 2/04/2002 12:00AM

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Salem Communications

Site:Mycpr.com
Services: Uses corporate networks and Internet Service Providers, instead of just one central server, to send radio streams to listeners.
Pro: Less traffic to Salem's servers means fewer costs, more streams (even video).
Con: Workplaces may not like to carry Salem's load for on-the-job listeners.

EMI Christian Music Group

Site: BurnItFirst.com (Coming in March 2002)
Services: Subscription service (March 2002) allows downloading and recording songs from nation's largest Christian music company.
Pro: It's the first such service attempt from any major music label, Christian or otherwise.
Con: EMI's first online effort, jukebox-like HigherWaves.com, hasn't attracted many users.

Music City

Site:MusicCity.com
Services: Napster heir isn't uniquely Christian (if even ethical), but its ceo founded Christian labels and headed EMI Christian Music Group.
Pro: It's free, much bigger than Napster ever was, and still around.
Con: A pending lawsuit will decide if it's as legal as Napster was.

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Last month, Ted Olsen wrote about online music sites that offer Christian tunes you haven't heard—like Icelandic techno.

Christianity Today'smusic archive and music channel have more coverage of Christian music and more.

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