Netlabel

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Online music groups date back almost as far as the history of personal computers, and share close ties with <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video games</a> and the <a href="/facts/Demoscene/yKunscS7">demoscene</a>. Early music groups released music in <a href="/facts/Module_file/sauWN2o1">MOD</a> formats, typically as part of a <a href="/facts/Music_disk/sauWN2o1">music disk</a>, which often included a MOD player, visual effects, and textual information.
</p><p>Netlabels began to branch out from the <a href="/facts/Tracker_(music_software)/anJd8Wul">tracker</a> scene when the lossy <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a> file format became popular in the late 1990s. Some are still dedicated to <a href="/facts/Electronic_music/zfGNfUvR">electronic music</a> and related genres, though this is rapidly changing and the quality of downloads are getting higher with the use of <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a> downloads offering CD quality music. 
</p><p>Most of the original netlabels have now ceased operations. Only a few of the originators of the movements are still currently active, and releasing in the same format, like Eerik Inpuj Sound, Upitup Records, 50/50innertainment Records, Kahvi Collective, Bedroom Research, Acroplane and Phonocake.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Demoscene/yKunscS7">Demoscene</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Freetekno/fuduy7p1">Freetekno</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_music_software/rFHHUh3w">List of music software</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Low_bit/94h4P3qr">Low bit</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/MP3_blog/CskjgmgA">MP3 blog</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Netlabels_in_Japan/rX0UpNHp">Netlabels in Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Open_Content/jHYHARSN">Open Content</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Riddim/l1Wffgjv">Riddim</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Street_art/C8kf4XwX">Street art</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Netlabel">How to Start a Netlabel</a> Wikihow article</li>
<li><a href="http://www.soundshiva.net/">Soundshiva.net</a> Opensource catalogue of netlabels and releases</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121020141804/http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3770/3278">Netlabels and democratization of the recording industry</a> Academic article on netlabels</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clongclongmoo.org/labels">clongclongmoo Netlabel List</a> overview of active and archived labels</li>
<li><a href="http://starfrosch.com/hot-100/archive_org">Netlabel #hot100 Charts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://netlabels.org">Netlabels.org</a>  Resource for netlabel and netaudio culture with screenshots, reviews and releases</li>
<li><a href="http://netlabelarchive.org">NetlabelArchive.org</a>  A archive site that hosts inactive netlabels</li>
<li><a href="http://www.quantum-bit.it">Limited edition release 2007/2017</a> quantum-bit.it</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Adam Hyde (2011-08-14). "net.labels". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2020-05-03. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110814083254/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/netlabels" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110814083254/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/netlabels</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Timmers, Bram (July 2005). "Netlabels and Open Content" (PDF). p. 12. <a href="http://www.c3.hu/~bram/Netlabels_and_Open_Content.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.c3.hu/~bram/Netlabels_and_Open_Content.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Timmers, Bram (July 2005). "Netlabels and Open Content" (PDF). pp. 8–9. <a href="http://www.c3.hu/~bram/Netlabels_and_Open_Content.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.c3.hu/~bram/Netlabels_and_Open_Content.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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