BurnLounge in Wired News
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Have you ever wanted to be a snarky record store clerk like the ones in High Fidelity, recommending the choicest cuts to a grateful and adoring public? People's Music Store lets you set up your own online storefront to sell up to 50 DRM-free albums from a decent range of high-quality electronica, rock and other music. The store won't earn you money, but it could earn you respect, plus ability to download free music from other people's stores.
"This sounds peachy keen, but I was trepidacious because some of it sounds familiar. The most notorious "build your own storefront" music store was BurnLounge, which went offline in June after drawing negative attention from the FTC during the previous year for allegedly running a pyramid-type scheme that defrauded storefront owners. Good riddance; BurnLounge storefront owners used to drive me nuts, showing up to online music hangouts urging me to shop at their stores."