Simple: it’s the next generation digital music distribution system which combines retail point of sale with web based music storage and distribution system.

This system is unique and its patent holds a combination of secure downloading of full digital albums with a combination of codes embedded in a credit card like retail product.

It can be used with a USB magnetic reader (available for purchase) or manual information insertion, it allows one automatic download of the full album to a consumer terminal or computer.
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First: illegal CD's are much cheaper than regular ones, (usually $2.00 to $3.00) people tend to buy illegal CD’s because of the savings, but with the PBMG Card your retail price of your album can be from $3.99 to $6.99. Isit worth the savings to buy an illegal product to the real thing? Why would someone buy a "pirate" CD for $5.00 when they can buy a PBMG Card for $5.99?

Second: Illegal downloads are mostly made by a younger audience that does not have a Credit Card to access legal download sites, with the PBMG Card anyone with change in their pocket can buy your album and maybe even start a collection of PBMG CARDS.

Third: With PBMG CARD the buyer of your music can only download your album once, after that they can burn a CD, play it on his/her computer or upload it to any mp3 player, and since they paid for the it they will be more careful of giving away the music.

Fourth: No piracy organization could ever match a system as sophisticated and secure as ours, and if they do we could track them easily. There will be only one official manufacturer and distributor, so no fake PBMG CARDS will be purchased by retailers or wholesalers.
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Consumers can log onto your site, download MP3s, video files, advertisements, view event locations, seek product sales and much more. It allows the artist to post updates at will and send an email alert to all card holders. All cards are tracked with a UPC Code and a unique 16 digit number for each card holder which contains all consumer data held in a 3 tier magnetic strip (Same data components of a credit card) This card requires full names and email addresses for activation and downloads which allows you can to reach your fans all for the price of $.35 per card. (Estimate pending on quantity order, based on order of 10,000). We all know the power of marketing and data, why not be a part of the movement?
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It is simple, the music business is being doomed by CD Piracy, illegal downloads and specially $.99 downloads.
Example:
One full CD revenue ($9.99) =
$ 1.14 for artist
$ 0.80 for composers (10)
$ 0.75 for manufacturers
$ 2.50 for record label
$ 1.50 for distributors
$ 2.50 to 3.00 for retail point of sale

One $.99 song download =
$ 0.12 for artist
$ 0.08 for composer
$ 0.00 for manufacturer
$ 0.45 for record label
$ 0.05 for distributor
$ 0.12 to 0.18 for download store

Do you think that’s right after your hard work in the studio? Look at some of the other questions and you will soon see why the PBMG Card is so ground braking.
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Simple: You sell your full album at a low price in millions of different places.

The composers get their royalties, just like if you sold a CD. The artists get paid more than a $.99 song download. Record labels save in manufacturing and shipping costs. Distributors find themselves with millions of retail point of sale places.

Music will be everywhere! And you know what? That is not all, the best is yet to come!
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With PBMG you can sell your music (full album) in millions of retail points of sale, how?

• The PBMG Card is cheaper to manufacture than a CD
• The PBMG Card is cheaper to ship than a CD
• The PBMG Card takes less counter space than a CD

Imagine your album at Gas Stations, Fast Food restaurants, Department stores, Supermarkets, Pharmacies, Retail stores, you name it, etc. Yes, Music can be everywhere (phone cards are available everywhere aren’t they...)
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The card holders get a 16 digit code on the front, than go to a website listed on the back and register with their password (scratch off) granting them access to a website that lists your album download as well as specials and venues you will be performing. The card holders give a valid email address where they receive frequent updates of the offers that are listed on the website and any special events. The record label has an option to honor the card just by the card holder having the card in hand and/or the vendor can use the UPC code on the back of the card and program it into their point of sales system, so that they can track the usage of the card. The magnetic strip also contains the 16 digit code, and the UPC code for internal databases. The card holders registration information is stored in a database controlled by the EAR Group which allows the freedom of giveaways, online marketing & promotions, demographic research and every intelligent thing you can do with a database. The card holders can continue to use the cards for the life of the card and the specials. Some cards are valid for 1 year (most membership cards), most cards are valid for eternity.
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No, it is actually less expensive than any other music distribution system including CDs, which has full control of royalty payments (this was exactly our purpose from the beginning)

As patent holders we have authorized only one company for each organizational function:

• One manufacturer of cards (PBMG CARD)
• One secure http server provider
• One code and data digitization provider
• One distributor and client liaison

All of the above are capable of handling thousands of bands, musicians, artists and record labels and millions of songs. And we can adapt to your needs from 500 to 500,000 PBMG CARDS with packages
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A consumer sees your album (PBMG CARD) at a gas station for $4.99, he buys it and takes it home.
He/she can follow the instructions in the back of the card (PBMG CARD) and enter some information, scratch off the code in the back and enter it. After six easy information fields he will be able to download and save your full album in mp3 192 kbps in his hard drive (any folder). These files can be enjoyed on all your favorite digital devices including iPod, Zune, MP3 Cell Phones, and many, more
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All you need is your album and cover image or artwork for the card. Imagine you are going to produce some CD's, whatever you send to the CD manufacturer is exactly the same thing that we need. Instead of getting CD's you will get PBMG CARDS ready to use, encoded and packaged for retail sale. You will have your own unique secure download site, and you will get the basic information of every buyer of your album.

PBMG CARD is here, to put music everywhere, so that everybody can enjoy it including artists, composers, musicians and record labels!

Let's save the Music!
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