Magnatune
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Magnatune is an independent, online record label known for its artist-friendly licensing model and slogan "We are not evil."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magnatune canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9766537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnatune Context triple: [John Buckman, notableFor, Magnatune]
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A.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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B.
Music Concourse
Music Concourse is a historic open-air plaza and performance space in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, known for its band shell, fountains, and surrounding cultural institutions.
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C.
Odeo
Odeo was an early podcasting startup co-founded by the team behind Obvious Corporation that played a key role in the creation of Twitter.
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D.
Machete Music
Machete Music is a prominent Latin urban music label known for representing leading reggaeton and Latin hip-hop artists.
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E.
Bangarang
Bangarang is a popular electronic dance music EP and title track by American producer Skrillex, known for its aggressive dubstep sound and high-energy production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnatune Target entity description: Magnatune is an independent, online record label known for its artist-friendly licensing model and slogan "We are not evil."
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A.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
-
B.
Music Concourse
Music Concourse is a historic open-air plaza and performance space in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, known for its band shell, fountains, and surrounding cultural institutions.
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C.
Odeo
Odeo was an early podcasting startup co-founded by the team behind Obvious Corporation that played a key role in the creation of Twitter.
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D.
Machete Music
Machete Music is a prominent Latin urban music label known for representing leading reggaeton and Latin hip-hop artists.
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E.
Bangarang
Bangarang is a popular electronic dance music EP and title track by American producer Skrillex, known for its aggressive dubstep sound and high-energy production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
ⓘ
online record label ⓘ |
| businessModel |
artist-friendly licensing model
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online music distribution ⓘ |
| catalogSize | thousands of albums ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionFormat |
digital download
ⓘ
streaming ⓘ |
| downloadFormat |
AAC
ⓘ
FLAC ⓘ MP3 ⓘ Ogg Vorbis ⓘ
linked to:
Ogg
WAV ⓘ |
| focus | fair treatment of artists ⓘ |
| founded | 2003 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | John Buckman ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
ambient music
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classical music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ folk music ⓘ jazz ⓘ metal ⓘ new age music ⓘ rock music ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasSubscriptionService | Magnatune membership ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Berkeley, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley
|
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| licensingPolicy | non-exclusive contracts with artists ⓘ |
| licensingTarget |
advertising agencies
ⓘ
film producers ⓘ game developers ⓘ podcasters ⓘ |
| membershipBenefit |
discounted album downloads
ⓘ
unlimited streaming ⓘ |
| motto | We are not evil ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allowing users to choose purchase price within a range
ⓘ
ethical approach to digital music sales ⓘ |
| offers | Creative Commons-licensed music ⓘ |
| policy |
DRM-free music downloads
ⓘ
allows full-album streaming before purchase ⓘ |
| provides | royalty-free music licensing for media projects ⓘ |
| revenueSharingModel | 50-50 revenue split with artists ⓘ |
| salesModel | pay-what-you-want within limits ⓘ |
| slogan | We are not evil ⓘ |
| supportsLicense |
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
ⓘ
linked to:
Creative Commons license
|
| website | https://magnatune.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Magnatune Description of subject: Magnatune is an independent, online record label known for its artist-friendly licensing model and slogan "We are not evil."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.