The basics of Musicslu: How does a community purchase work? 1. The artists of We Are Artists lists a total amount they would like to sell their release for, i

The basics of Musicslu: How does a community purchase work? 1. The artists of We Are Artists lists a total amount they would like to sell their release for, in this case $1,500. 2. You name your own price, using the "Make a pledge" button above, and offer the amount you would help purchase We Are Artists for. 3. If the total $1,500 is raised before Nov 27, 2009, the pledges are given to the musicians and the album is released under the Creative Commons license as a download for free sharing. 4. If the entire $1,500 is not reached, all pledges are discarded, and everyone walks away like nothing happened. The music is not released under Creative Commons and you pay nothing. -- Musicslu is an attempt to address the problems with pirating music. If some music pirates could take a few steps out of their trenches, and some artists take a few steps out of theirs too, this could work. "A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom."[http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html , listed at #1] If not the cure, at least a solid attempt.