Jamendo
An independent-music platform combining Creative Commons discovery with commercial licensing and rights-management programs. Artists can make music available for public sharing while monetizing approved commercial uses.
- Best for
- Independent artists comfortable with broad discovery and standardized commercial licensing.
- Skip if
- You require tight control over every use, rely on exclusivity or do not want your public catalog distributed under Creative Commons terms.
- First move
- Read the distribution and licensing agreement before uploading, then start with tracks that have simple, uncontested ownership.
- Watch out
- Creative Commons choices can be difficult to reverse in practice, and licensing, Content ID and publishing services grant different rights and revenue shares.
- Reach
- Established
- When
- Useful from day one.
- Based in
- Luxembourg