Well, as you may or may not have seen or read, amaroK has had a bit of speculation over the "Pub Mode" which would be a good way to use amaroK in pubs/clubs.
Well,i had spoken to a Bar manager in my local area after i made a sort of "beta" of a jukebox/ pub audio Live CD. He said the idea was very good, which got me thinking even more, and that related to wether or not there should be some form of music purchase system related into it, so that the process becomes more "legally" grounded.
The idea originally was to have a built-in compatibility for a well-Known KDE P2P application, but the project could be seen as "illegally" grounded, then it'd be better to have some form of payment scheme.
So, the idea is that;
The user has an "ArtistDirect" or "WMP-Music" account, which they can specify to the application where the purchases of songs legally are made.
When a user picks a song from the list, an automated API for the website picks the song and/or the video from the site, purchases it, downloads it to the "media" directory of the project, then it gets queued in amaroK and played.
Now, the problem would be that, most songs on these services are only $0.70-$0.90.. Which is around 54 Pence GBP.. Now, the real problem is that over here, songs cost about 60-80p per song in big clubs.. which means after the inital purchase..
We're talking nearly $1 a song profit.. 20 songs is usually the standard for certain clubs (i know from talking to a Bar Manager at a local bar) so.. if all those songs are pre-purchased -- that's nearly $20 profit an hour, which could, as oggy said -- lead to record companies catching on to the process.
Now, it's not illegal i dont think because the actual songs being downloaded to the computer have not been copied, but are being listened to. but, 'm not sure if this is fully legal or not, so any help would be appreciated.
