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updated the test page with all latest banners:
https://www.donation...com/Contests/banner/

Actually, you missed my 'birds' one from page 3...

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I don't know about AllOfMP3, but SearchMP3.ru had a pretty good collection of older releases.  In some cases they also have bootlegs of live shows and unreleased studio demos. (Now if they would just get Bowie's 50th birthday show...)

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thanks, tsaint and Carol, for the links explaining the royalties question. i'm not going to become an investigative journalist to see just exactly how things are done in Russia. maybe receiving comparatively low royalties (in dollars per track) is favourable by the artists/labels rather than receiving nothing at all.

i think i will fire off a few emails to the artists that are available to download by the service and see what their views are (hopefully some spokesperson will reply from the labels). that's about the only way i'll put my conscience to rest on this matter.

While you're at it, why don't you ask them how they feel about used CD stores?  At least with the Russian sites they are getting something in payment but they don't get a cent if you buy a used CD. 

Where's Lars Ulrich's tears about how fans are stealing money out of his pockets when they buy that used copy of "Master of Puppets" from the local Disc-Go-Round?  When it comes to purchasing used CDs they are actually losing money from someone who is willing to pay for a disc - with downloads that isn't always the case.

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Never one to give up easy, here's another banner with less emphasis on the 'coin'.

Main Banner:
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Main Sliver:
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Oops... Here's a corrected version of the Main Banner to get rid of the annoying line on the left side:
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Here's a lighter variation of my banner with a more script-like font.

Main Banner:
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Main Sliver:
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Forum Banner:
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Forum Banner w/o Coin:
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Forum Sliver (works with both versions):
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I'm digging the slave138b forum bar, but not so much the quadrilateral's (no offense).
-noth(a)nk.you (April 08, 2006, 12:01 PM)

No offense taken.  I was mostly just toying around with a program I had just installed (Inkscape).  I'm working on another right now because I just don't like all the clouds.  They come off a little too 'foofy' for my tastes (no offense to anyone else).

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I know this is an older review, but I still want to comment a little on it.  Many of the online music services seem to be using some variation of Napster's subscription model, but I despise it on principle. 

To put it in a more real-world setting, it's like I went to a bookstore and they told me I needed to pay them $15 a month to come in.  "It's not that bad!" they tell me as they explain that I can take any book I like.  Sure, the book self-destructs next month if I don't pay them again, but I can always opt to purchase the book outright for a dollar off the normal prices.  As another example it's like my cable company deleting all my video-taped programming if I stop paying my subscription fees.  Neither is an example of a service I would choose to use.

iTunes doesn't rate much higher for me due to the DRM preventing me from playing the songs on my Creative Zen player.

I've been using eMusic for the last few months.  While their selection is limited to independent releases, their subscription options offer a lot more freedom at much lower prices.  For $10/month I get 40 MP3 downloads which never expire and don't care how many computers I put them on.  I'm not a Top 40 snob and many of my favorite artists are available here (like Gary Numan, Eddie Izzard, Bad Religion, Flogging Molly, etc...).

It might be time to do a shoot-out review of the available services just to compare their nuances.

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Here's a forum banner to match the last style

Forum Banner:
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Here's another version of the main page banner with more blue

Large Banner:
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Extender:
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The first one was too 'jaggy' so here is a smoother version.
Large Banner:
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Extender:
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I figured I'd give it a shot so here are my entries for the main page.
Large Banner:
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Side Extender:
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I'll try to finish up a Forums version when I get a little more time...

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