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“As for my store, most artists' sites send you to…” quote by DJ Shadow — Download Open image

“As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was always uncomfortable with the thought of sending somebody who came to my site to buy something to some other store. It just occurred to me, "Why can't we do this?"”

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