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Dotcom's New Site "Megabox" Almost Ready

Posted by samzenpus on from the changing-channels dept.

concealment writes "Dotcom confirmed to the Associated Press in a telephone interview that he has completed 90% the work on "new Mega" and "Megabox", a music site that he announced in June. Megabox will allow users to download music for free in exchange for accepting some advertisements, and 90% of the revenue will go to the artists."

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  1. Lawsuits by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A technology that challenges the recording industry's firm grim on paying people to make music? A system that gives artists a big cut of the revenue made by monetizing their music? Something that might actually change revenue models? The lawsuits will not stop until this is dead and buried.

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  2. Re:the 90% by robthebloke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most projects stay at 90% done for 90% of their duration.

  3. a foreshadowing of by nimbius · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the end of an era. As the **aa continue to hack and slash at the hydra of new media, to chase the proverbial 'ali' around the ring in rope-a-dope fashion, artists will embrace it as a closer connection to their fans and a more reasonable approach to selling their art.
     
        The legacy of an era of rented music and anti piracy legislation, DRM and house-raids will end with the sound of a single coin rattling in a tin cup as so many artists shun the industry that has ruled over them like cattle.

    And heres a fancy dream: An open source appliance that can replace a jukebox in my favourite pub, that willingly connects to a DotCom enterprise and allows me to reward artists in realtime using bitcoin or cash for their efforts. But alas, its fun to dream.

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  4. Re:Host country? by firex726 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well if 90% of the revenue goes to the musicians then I doubt he'll be going through any of the major protection rackets and sticking to smaller/indie stuff. Otherwise there would be no way to guarantee that percent going to them.

  5. Re:When does the net get a new anarchy file host? by Spy+Handler · · Score: 3, Insightful

    oh so YOU were the guy who used Megaupload for legal uses. We were wondering who that was.

    The rest of us used it to download Avengers and Call of Duty: MW3.

  6. 90% of 0.01 cents is far worse than 1% of 99 cents by QuestionsNotAnswers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let me sell you this copy of Photoshop for $10.
    It is OK because I give 90% to Adobe.

    Let me sell you this perfectly forged $1 note for 90 cents. It is OK because I give the government 81 cents.

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