WaTunes, a popular service that enables indie artists to post music on iTunes and Amazon, has announced that they have made the service completely free. The company's CEO explained:
We've finally can say that we have raise the bar even higher by providing you guys an ABSOLUTE digital distribution service. As of now, WaTunes will enable it's customers to continue to sell unlimited music, earn 100% of the royalties, and more, ALL FOR FREE! There are no fees, cancellations, no gimmicks.
Up till now, bands either paid TuneCore or WaTunes fees to publish their music via the popular digital services. It remains to be seen how TuneCore will respond.