Here's how I deal with users who steal
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#2That's excellent. Please circle back when you get some stats on the response.
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#3That's a really nice idea - and I really hope people will respond well.
On a related note - distrokid looks amazing. If I were still making music I'd sign up for sure, just for the Spotify distribution if nothing else. In fact, I dare say if this had existed 5-10 years ago it would not only have provided a means to push my music out, but more than that, acted as an intensive to actually create and produce.
By lowering the barrier to distribution, you're almost certainly propelling a lot of people to working on musical projects which would otherwise fall by the wayside because there's no obvious end goal.
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#4I like you. How will you deal with revenue hit? Also, how about interesting them into paying for an account when their music sells above a threshold?
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#5DistroKid makes me want to start recording my music again, just so I can use DistroKid.
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#6The Bill and Ted rule: Be excellent to one another.
On the other hand, I have to wonder about the story of the police officer - how much is it going to cost that woman to deal with the misdemeanor?
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#7This is awesome. I am confident there will be a lot of sign-ups and loyal users coming out of this, while it still helps those who struggle financially.
It is not optimal in theory to create rule systems that are abuse-able for personal gain, but this seems like on of those cases where it will work in the real world. I'd be curious to see user decision statistics about this in a couple of months.
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#8Interesting that the "scholarship" (free) plan isn't mentioned on the homepage. It seems you have to try and steal the product before being offered the free plan.
I also like the subtle dig, "if you can't afford it." I've certainly pirated things myself. If iTunes asked me, "We noticed you've pirated The Walking Dead. If you can't afford $3, click here to get it for free." By reframing it as charity I might be shamed into purchasing it. :)
That's certainly a novel approach. I would love to hear how it turns out.
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#9Interesting that the "scholarship" (free) plan isn't mentioned on the homepage. It seems you have to try and steal the product before being offered the free plan. I also like the subtle dig, "if you can't afford it." I've certainly pirated things myself. If iTunes asked me, "We noticed you've pirated The Walking Dead. If you can't afford $3, click here to get it for free." By reframing it as charity I might be shamed…
What if someone can afford it, but isn't willing to?
To me that means the price is too high, so maybe also let them set their own price?
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#10Why not just keep the first $19.99 of revenue if they haven't paid up front? If they are making money they can afford it.