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Kazaa Backs Plan To Bill P2P Music Transfers

Posted by timothy on from the revenue-stream dept.

Darth Coder writes "From this article at The Age: Kazaa has thrown its weight behind a plan to start billing song swappers for their music downloads. The idea is to phase in a billing mechanism for peer to peer networks, such as Kazaa and Morpheus. Initially payments would be by credit card, but in the future downloads would be automatically detected and a charge added to the monthly internet service provider bill."

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  1. Partial Payment by cubyrop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since all my KaZaA downloads end at about 4% anyway, will my payment be reduced 94%?

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    1. Re:Partial Payment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, they'll be reduced 96%, dumbass.

  2. P2P, P2D by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 2, Funny
    First, peer to peer. Now, peer to disappear ...

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  3. I would say this is a 5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    On the "How Much Crack Would I Need To Smoke For This To Seem Like A Good Idea?" Scale

  4. Re:Still can't beat free...but these guys are tryi by gmhowell · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would suggest if you have a wife/gf, you are paying in inumerable ways. "Oh yes honey, I'd much rather go to the flower show than play video games and drink beer with my friends."

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  5. Re:Yeah, this'll work by macdaddy357 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "they should provide lower quality versions of the tunes available for download."

    Lower quality? I didn't think it was possible for popular music to suck even worse, but maybe I'm wrong. Music that sucks is a big reason people don't buy CDs.

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  6. That giant sucking sound... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    of all the Kazaa users figuring out this "opennap" thing...

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  7. Re:In Other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sharing Music
    by System Slash

    We're sharing music, until we're caught in a trap
    (There is) no turnin' back, we're sharing music
    We're sharing music, feel so alive
    I lost my nine to five, we're sharing music

    Have you ever seen
    Slashbots who lose everything
    First to go is their mind
    Responsability to me is a tragedy
    I'll post anonymous this time, uh uh
    I want to hear a band
    That plays the songs I want to hear
    Yes I call that temptation
    FLAC, ogg and mp3
    That's all that I ever need
    The music is my salvation...

    Uh uh, screw copyright
    Can't give up Kazaa-lite
    I keep it running day and night, uh uh

    It's not vanity, to me it's my sanity
    I could never survive
    Some people asked me
    What are you gonna be
    Why don't you buy the CD? Uh, uh
    All that I can say, I won't give up my music
    Not me, not now, no way, no how, oh oh

    We're sharing music, until we're caught in a trap
    Caught up in our music
    No turnin' back, ooh, we're sharing music
    We're sharing music
    Don't take away our music
    Feel so alive
    I lost my nine to five
    we're sharing music...

  8. Re:In Other news... by benna · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hence the spyware in kazaa.

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