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FREE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTIONS WITH Rhapsody

Rhapsody is one of the distributors our clients enjoy having their music submitted to by us.See the list of our digital distributors

Rhapsody

How does Rhapsody sell my music?

Real Networks has a digital music service called Rhapsody which lets customers buy permanent digital downloads as well as stream digital music directly from their site to a computer and, if customers choose to use Rhapsody’s "To Go" program, on selected portable devices. For help with the Rhapsody service, we suggest you use Rhapsody Support.

Rhapsody has several ways of allowing its customers to buy or listen to music:

  • RealPlayer Music Store (http://musicstore.real.com) sells music only as permanent digital downloads that the customer owns and uses. Visit our section on Fixed Pay Rate Permanent Download models to learn more.
  • Rhapsody streaming subscription service lets Rhapsody Subscribers listen to music as much as they want as streams (not downloads) for a single flat subscription fee. However, if that subscription lapses, the music becomes inaccessible to the customer. Visit our section on Subscription Streaming models to learn more.

There are several kinds of Rhapsody customers each with their own options for buying your music, each of which generates money for you in a different way:

  • Rhapsody Subscribers can listen to an unlimited number of full-length songs while they are connected to the Internet and download an unlimited number of high quality music files to their PC. They can listen to these downloaded songs online or offline and keep the music they download so long as their subscription is current. These songs and albums aren’t "purchased" or "permanent" downloads, there’s no way for a customer to burn or save the music, and as soon as the customer’s subscription lapses, they lose access to these "tethered downloads."
  • Rhapsody Subscribers can also buy permanent downloads (at a lower price than non-subscribers pay, currently a 10% discount per track).
  • Rhapsody Non-Subscribing Customers (any person who goes to the website) can stream 25 songs each month before they are asked to put down a credit card to continue either as a Trial Subscriber or a Subscriber.
  • Rhapsody Non-Subscribing Customers can also buy permanent downloads, but they pay more than subscribers.
  • Rhapsody Trial Subscribers are trying out the Rhapsody subscription streaming service. Trial Subscriptions last 14 days. Trial subscribers have put down a credit card and typically get access for free for 14 days before being charged for the first month of subscription (see below for important details).
  • Rhapsody Trial Subscribers can also buy permanent downloads at the market rate of $0.99 per track.

What do I get paid when my songs or albums sell or stream from Rhapsody?

Each time a Rhapsody Non-Subscribing Customer permanently downloads your songs or albums, you get a payment. When a Rhapsody Subscriber or Rhapsody Trial Subscriber permanently downloads, you also get a payment, but a fraction less. When a Rhapsody Subscriber streams or "tethered downloads" your songs or albums, you get a payment, but when a Rhapsody Trial Subscriber streams, you don’t get a payment (see below). Non-Subscribers can stream only up to 25 whole songs per month before they put down a credit card and opt in either to become Trail Subscribers or Subscribers, but if they stream one of your songs during this "Rhapsody 25," you will receive payment.

IMPORTANT: Anyone in the United States can sign up for a Rhapsody Trial by putting down a credit card and get unlimited free streams for 14 days. If a customer streams your music during this period, you will not get any payment for the streams–it’s considered promotional. This is a Rhapsody policy. If you do not like the idea of people streaming your music for free, please do not choose Rhapsody as one of your digital distribution stores.

Albums are sold in two possible ways:

  • Albums under 11 songs are priced by the song. To calculate how much you would receive from the sale of an album with less than 11 songs, multiply the number of songs by the pay rate for that kind of Rhapsody customer.
  • Albums with 11 songs or more sold in their entirety have a set pay rate.

You will be able to see the exact pay rate TuneC pays you for each song or album every time it downloaded or streamed from Rhapsody in your TuneC accounting report. The pay rate is available as an element in every line item. As always, this is all the money owed to you for that stream or download, NOTHING was taken by TuneC.

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