Ex-Pirate Bay Admin Launches Micropayment Service

Posted by timothy on Friday February 12, 2010 @09:37PM from the a-bit-cheeky-don'tcha-think dept.

spyrochaete writes "Peter Sunde, formerly 'brokep' of The Pirate Bay, recently launched a beta version of Flattr — a micropayment service enabling internet users to tender cash payments to any participating content publisher. Its model enables users to divvy monthly subscription fees as donations awarded to the musicians, bloggers, photographers, or other publisher of their choice. Sunde tells the BBC, 'We want to encourage people to share money as well as content,' and asserts, 'people love things and they want to pay.'"

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I hope he makes a lot of money. by MarkvW · 2010-02-13 05:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I hope he makes a lot of money so that he can compensate all of the people he ripped off. He's a criminal, pure, simple, and convicted in a fair court of law.
His behavior in the TPB litigation indicates a lack of forthrightness and honesty. This doesn't bode too well for his new business, either. But, hey! A slashvertisement can't hurt!