jamendo

File:Jamendo Orange.png

Jamendo S.A., originally created under the name Peermajor SARL in 2004, was launched in January 2005. It was funded in June 2007 by Mangrove Capital Partners,{{cite web

| url = http://www.generation-nt.com/jamendo-mangrove-musique-libre-actualite-43244.html

| title = Jamendo : levée de fonds pour la Musique Libre

| author = Jérôme G.

| date = 18 July 2007

| publisher = Génération NT

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175157/http://www.generation-nt.com/jamendo-mangrove-musique-libre-actualite-43244.html

| archive-date=3 March 2016

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| language=fr}} Skype's investors.

Starting in January 2007, Jamendo tested an advertising revenue sharing program which was later dropped.{{cite web

| url = http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2007/01/15/jamendo-launches-its-advertising-revenue-sharing-program-with-its-artists/

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216072824/http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2007/01/15/jamendo-launches-its-advertising-revenue-sharing-program-with-its-artists/

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 16 February 2013

| title = Jamendo launches its advertising revenue sharing program with its artists

| publisher = Jamendo

| date = 15 January 2007

| access-date= 17 January 2017

}} In December 2007, the second version of the website was launched, offering a new design and new functionalities.{{cite web

|url = http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2007/12/07/jamendo-has-turned-orange-launch-of-the-new-version/

|title = Jamendo has turned 'Orange': Launch of the new version

|publisher = Jamendo

|date = 7 December 2007

|access-date = 17 January 2017

|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216073042/http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2007/12/07/jamendo-has-turned-orange-launch-of-the-new-version/

|archive-date = 16 February 2013

|url-status = dead

}} On 18 June 2008 the platform passed the 10,000 albums milestone.{{cite web

| url = http://mashable.com/2008/06/21/jamendo-2/

| title = Free-Music Champion Jamendo Nets 10,000 Albums, Adds Partners

| date = 21 June 2008

| author = Paul Glazowski

| publisher = Mashable

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611080639/http://mashable.com/2008/06/21/jamendo-2/

| archive-date=11 June 2016

| access-date= 17 January 2017}}

At the end of 2008, Jamendo launched Jamendo PRO, a music licensing platform for commercial use, making Jamendo music available for the synchronization of audiovisual projects (film, TV, advertising, web and corporate videos, video games, apps, etc.) and as background music in public places (stores, restaurants, hotels, etc.).{{cite web

| url = http://www.presse-citron.net/jamendo-lance-officiellement-une-alternative-concrete-a-la-sacem

| title = Jamendo lance officiellement une alternative concrète à la SACEM

| author = Éric Dupin

| date = 6 February 2009

| publisher = Presse-Citron

| access-date = 17 January 2017

| language=fr

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224112/http://www.presse-citron.net/jamendo-lance-officiellement-une-alternative-concrete-a-la-sacem/

| archive-date=4 March 2016

}}

June 2009 saw the release of Jamendo's first mobile applications for Android{{cite web

|url = http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2009/06/02/jamendo-available-on-android/

|title = The first Jamendo mobile application available on Android!

|date = 2 June 2009

|publisher = Jamendo

|access-date = 17 January 2017

|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216071804/http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2009/06/02/jamendo-available-on-android/

|archive-date = 16 February 2013

|url-status = dead

}} and iOS.{{cite web

|url = http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2009/06/19/jamendo-finally-available-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

|title = Jamendo finally available on the iPhone and iPod Touch!

|date = 19 June 2009

|publisher = Jamendo

|access-date = 17 January 2017

|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216071805/http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2009/06/19/jamendo-finally-available-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

|archive-date = 16 February 2013

|url-status = dead

}} That same month, Jamendo's co-founder and CTO Sylvain Zimmer received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in Luxembourg.{{cite web

| url = http://www.lessentiel.lu/news/story/12540193

| title = Jamendo monte enfin sur la première marche

| author = Sarah Brock

| date = 29 June 2009

| publisher = L'Essentiel

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| language=fr}} In December 2009, a partnership was made with Deezer, giving Jamendo artists the opportunity to release their music on Deezer as well.{{cite web

| url = http://www.numerama.com/magazine/14668-musique-libre-jamendo-signe-avec-deezer-un-accord-commercial-maj.html

| title = Musique libre : Jamendo signe avec Deezer un accord commercial

| author = Guillaume Champeau

| date = 9 December 2009

| publisher = Numérama

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234555/http://www.numerama.com/magazine/14668-musique-libre-jamendo-signe-avec-deezer-un-accord-commercial-maj.html

| archive-date=3 March 2016

| language=fr}}

Jamendo faced financial difficulties in early 2010 and started looking for investors.{{cite web

| url = https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/07/digital-music-startup-jamendo-runs-out-of-steam-mulls-sale/

| title = Digital music startup Jamendo runs out of steam, mulls sale

| author = Robin Wauters

| date = 7 January 2010

| publisher = Techcrunch

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003144210/https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/07/digital-music-startup-jamendo-runs-out-of-steam-mulls-sale/

| archive-date=3 October 2016

}} Stability returned when MusicMatic (now Storever),{{cite web

| url = https://invidis.de/2014/10/digital-signage-aus-music-matic-wird-storever/

| title = Aus Music Matic wird Storever

| author = Thomas Kletschke

| date = 27 October 2014

| publisher = Invidis

| access-date= 30 March 2017

}} a Brussels-based company specialized in music solutions for businesses and public places, entered Jamendo's capital.{{cite web

| url = https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/08/musicmatic-buys-mangroves-share-in-jamendo-intends-to-raise-more-funding/

| title = MusicMatic buys Mangrove's share in Jamendo, intends to raise more funding

| author = Robin Wauters

| date = 8 April 2010

| publisher = Techcrunch

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003144210/https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/07/digital-music-startup-jamendo-runs-out-of-steam-mulls-sale/

| archive-date=3 October 2016

}}

In August 2011, Jamendo obtained the "PUR" label from the French authority HADOPI,{{cite web

| url = http://www.itespresso.fr/hadopi-jamendo-sera-labellise-pur-dans-l-interet-des-artistes-45501.html

| title = Hadopi : Jamendo sera labellisé PUR " dans l'intérêt des artistes "

| author = Jacques Franc de Ferrière

| date = 21 August 2011

| publisher = ITespresso

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230112/http://www.itespresso.fr/hadopi-jamendo-sera-labellise-pur-dans-l-interet-des-artistes-45501.html

| archive-date=3 March 2016

| language=fr}} which was renewed the following year.

On 24 April 2012, the third version of the website was launched. It offered a new design, new functionalities allowing for more artist promotion, ten new genre-specific radio channels, etc.{{cite web

| url = http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2012/04/26/jamendo-has-a-new-look/

| title = Jamendo Has A New Look!

| date = 24 April 2012

| publisher = Jamendo

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=dead

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208083454/http://artistscorner.jamendo.com/2012/04/26/jamendo-has-a-new-look/

| archive-date=8 December 2012

}}

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On 8 December 2014, Jamendo PRO turned into Jamendo Licensing,Jamendo Licensing, available at [https://licensing.jamendo.com/ licensing.jamendo.com] showing an entirely reshaped version of their commercial service.

As of October 2015, Jamendo officially became Jamendo Music, showing its willingness to clearly differentiate the two parts of the company (Jamendo Music and Jamendo Licensing). Jamendo Music intends to provide music for private use only, and Jamendo Licensing is a marketplace where anyone can sell and buy music, whether it is for a multimedia project (television, movie, advertising, video production) or as background music for commercial space.{{cite web

|url = http://blog.jamendo.com/2015/11/say-hi-to-the-new-jamendo-music.html

|title = Say hi to the new Jamendo Music

|author = The Jamendo team

|date = 4 November 2015

|publisher = Jamendo

|url-status = dead

|language = fr

|access-date = 31 March 2017

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170331214034/http://blog.jamendo.com/2015/11/say-hi-to-the-new-jamendo-music.html

|archive-date = 31 March 2017

}}

By 2018, Jamendo was a subsidiary of Belgian company Audio Valley.

In February 2019 Jamendo has adopted the Independent Management Entity (IME) status.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/02/13/jamendo-independent-management-entity-ime/|title=Jamendo Adopts the Independent Management Entity (IME) Status|last=SA|first=Jamendo|date=2019-02-13|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}} Created by the Directive 2014/26/EU transposed in Luxembourg Law in April 2018, the IME legal status allows commercial entities to perform activities similar to national copyright and related rights Collective Management Organizations such as, for copyright, SACEM, SGAE, GEMA and SIAE.

Jamendo offers artists the opportunity to publish their music for free under Creative Commons licenses (and also the Free Art License in the past).

In order to avoid contractual litigation, artists joining Jamendo cannot be registered to any collecting rights society, such as GEMA in Germany, SGAE in Spain, or SACEM in France. More flexibility is observed in other collecting societies, recognizing music under Creative Commons licenses as long as commercial use is excluded. This is notably the case for SACEM in France.{{cite web

| url = https://societe.sacem.fr/ressources-presse/par-publication/Communiqu%C3%A9s/la-sacem-et-creative-commons-renouvellent-leur-accord

| title = La Sacem et Creative Commons Renouvellent leur Accord

| date = 16 September 2013

| publisher = SACEM

| access-date= 30 March 2017

| language=fr}}

In the United States, ASCAP and BMI recognize the use of Jamendo by their registered artists.

Each artist has a profile displaying uploaded albums and singles, along with artist information. These profiles are managed by the artist, with access to various features and tools like stats, notifications about interaction with the music, fan messaging, etc.

Users can listen to MP3-encoded audio files (96 kbit/s) and download in MP3 (192 kbit/s) and Ogg Vorbis formats. Listening and downloading is free, unlimited and without any advertisements. The site is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Portuguese.

Each user has a personal account in which extended features are available, for example, creating playlists, saving their favorite songs and albums, becoming a fan of an artist, sharing on social networks, reviewing tracks or albums, and following their favorite artists. The website also promotes new music through an editorial feed on the homepage, along with top charts and genre-specific radio channels. A search engine allows users to look for specific artists or titles, but also search by tags, which are chosen by artists to describe their songs (genre, instrument, mood, theme, etc.).

Jamendo is integrated within media players like VLC media player, Cantata, Songbird, Clementine and Amarok 2. It was integrated into Rhythmbox from version 0.9.6 until 2.9x, then removed for technical reasons, but the library can be accessed from Rhythmbox's Grilo plugin. Jamendo is not integrated into Banshee by default, but can be integrated with a plugin.

According to one article on Jamendo's business model,{{cite web

| url = http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6138

| title = Jamendo: A business model that works! (Maybe)

| date = 30 January 2007

| publisher = TeleRead

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=dead

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030330/http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6138

| archive-date=27 September 2007

}} Jamendo's use of voluntary donations represents the first serious attempt for a file sharing site to provide a direct way to pay artists. In 2007, Jamendo provided an advertising revenue sharing model for artists.{{cite web

| url = http://www.jamendo.com/en/static/help_revenueshare/

| title = Jamendo Advertising Revenue Share

| publisher = Jamendo

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=dead

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222195959/http://www.jamendo.com/en/static/help_revenueshare

| archive-date=22 February 2009

}}

In 2016, Jamendo generated $1 million for independent artists, and passed up to 65% of revenue to the rights-holders.{{cite web

| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1-million-generated-for-independent-artists-in-2016-by-jamendo-612248203.html

| title = $1 million Generated for Independent Artists in 2016 by Jamendo

| publisher = Jamendo

| date= 31 January 2017

| access-date= 30 March 2017

}}

Jamendo works with Storever (formerly MusicMatic){{cite web

| url = http://blog.jamendo.com/2010/04/09/jamendo-catches-up-with-musicmatic/

| title = Jamendo catches up with MusicMatic

| publisher = Jamendo Blog

| date= 9 April 2010

| access-date= 17 January 2017

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114085205/http://blog.jamendo.com/2010/04/09/jamendo-catches-up-with-musicmatic/

| archive-date=14 November 2016

}} to offer music solutions for chainstores and public places.Sylvain Zimmer in "Les enfant du web" podcast #62 on Oxyradio http://www.oxyradio.net/podcast-163.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714181728/http://www.oxyradio.net/podcast-163.html |date=14 July 2010 }} – 17 May 2010

The Jamendo Licensing service is an intermediary between artists and third parties who wish to use the music in their projects. Based on the CC Plus{{cite web

| url = http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCPlus

| title = Creative Commons – CC Plus

| publisher = Creative Commons

| access-date= 17 January 2017

}} concept, the licenses are granted mainly for the uses not covered by Creative Commons licenses.

Jamendo’s artists are free to opt in and out of the service, which grants them an up to 65% share of all income generated by their licenses sold on the platform.{{cite web

| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1-million-generated-for-independent-artists-in-2016-by-jamendo-612248203.html

| title = $1 million Generated for Independent Artists in 2016 by Jamendo

| publisher = PR Newswire

| date= 31 January 2017

| access-date= 19 May 2017

}} This share is determined by several factors, such as the type of contract, the amount of sales, and so on.

Jamendo Licensing answers different needs in music licensing: Catalog{{cite web

| url = https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/catalog

| title = Jamendo Licensing Catalog

| publisher = Jamendo Licensing

| access-date= 17 January 2017

}} offers low-priced music licenses for synchronization in audiovisual projects (advertising, film, television, video games, mobile applications, YouTube videos, etc.), while In-Store{{cite web

| url = https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/in-store

| title = Royalty-free background music

| publisher = Jamendo Licensing

| access-date= 17 January 2017

}} offers background music solutions for commercial spaces (stores, shops, hotels, restaurants, etc.).

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