Magnatune is an American independent record label. The website allows you to choose a genre (Classical, Electronica,Jazz & Blues, Metal & Punk Rock, New Age, Rock/Pop, World, Others) and listen music 24h/24. Users can stream or download music in MP3 format (no DRM) without charge before choosing whether to buy or not. (The MP3s available for free download have a small spoken word tag that mentions Magnatune appended to them.) Magnatune was one of the first commercial enterprises to use Creative Commons licensing. Magnatune makes non-exclusive agreements with artists, and gives them fifty percent of any proceeds from online sales or licensing. Registration not required.