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Originally posted by Nik Novo Initially I hoped this thread would be about Beatport giving up the territory restrictions

You and me both.

to rebel9 and oldblue1224:

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Ronny Kreiger, Beatport's Vice President of Content, stresses, however, that the guidelines are not a hard and fast rule. If a label has "a proper plan and structure...a unique quality sound…and fits with the repertoire we represent", Kreiger explained, there would be no reason for the US Label Management Team to take the label down from the store.

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Originally posted by Nik Novo Initially I hoped this thread would be about Beatport giving up the territory restrictions

Those are not up to beatport.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

Wow. That just blows my mind. The problem isn't the amount of content available--the problem is poor search functionality! Beatport is effectively rejecting the 'long tail' theory of digital economics with such a move.

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Originally posted by Clovis Those are not up to beatport.

I know, but I was hoping nevertheless

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maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line..

Bah.

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Originally posted by Simcut maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line.. Bah.

why dont you just do what i did and shop somewhere else? beatport is a load of shit for that exact reason their download speeds are laughable.

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^ I do :-)

but some tracks are only available at beatport, which is a real pain in the arse.

How shitty and slow is their website by the way? its pants.

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How can sound exist if there's no one there to hear it?

Have to admit, I never had problems with their download speeds here in New York. I can easily download a track in less than a minute and I only have a 6MBit connection at home. Could just be an overseas issue for I remember connections being a little slow when I was in Portugal and Brazil.

To get back on topic. The guidelines are set this low so that people who are just starting out, or smaller labels who lack the online promotion budgets and/or big named talent to have a chance. But you'd be surprised even with a $300 gross minimum how some labels don't make it. It achievable as long as the label is willing to do basic promotions and release at least 2-3 records half way decent tracks a quarter. With the way Beatport files and organizes more current music, all you have to do is make sure the label stays somewhere near the newest releases for a while and someone is bound to buy it. It may make it harder for people to find the bombs right away, but I think having all the extra tracks is a plus. I know my eyes have opened to many different producers and remixers because of Beatport.

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Originally posted by Simcut maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line.. Bah.

I get really good download speeds from Beatport. On this shitty university accomodation connection I don't even download most ID competitions because they're so slow, but I've downloaded lots of stuff from Beatport.

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Yeah, I usually get about 100-120k/sec from Beatport (while downloading 4 tracks at a time, i.e. 400-500k/sec.).

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