Ex-Pirate Bay Admin Launches Micropayment Service

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.'"

Comments

I'm with stupid

[Gadget_Guy]

Yes, I will voluntarily give my money to pirates.

Re:I'm with stupid

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't kill you, you just accidentally tripped and hit my knife 15 times! WHAT A FRIGGIN COINCIDENCE.

Re:Richard Marx Stallman is a pedophile communist

[SigILL]

"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing."

--Richard Stallman

That's pretty insightful of him!