Portland Oregon based CD Baby, the largest online seller of all-independent CDs, announced Sunday through their community website they were returning everyone's money who signed up for the companies five month old digital distribution program. $40 per album to everyone who paid the $40 for Digital Distribution. $200,000 total. (ouch!)
In his post, Derek Sivers, president/programmer, stated, the program is now a free service for CD Baby members. Members pay $35/per CD to go into CD Baby's online store catalog.

In Esquire Magazine's December cover story, CD Baby was named "the record store of the future".

In an exclusive online interview, Derek explains the logic behind this historic anti-corporate decision.