techdirt.com :With Megaupload seized by the feds and everyone else even slightly involved seized by Anonymous, man-without-a-label Jonathan Coulton stepped into the breach and tweeted what we all only wish we were thinking: (If you can't read it, Coulton said: "Any other musicians notice that ever since they shut down MegaUpload, the money has just been POURING in?")
Ira Rothken has kept Megaupload founder free for years. Can he do it again?
Following the news earlier this week that Kim Dotcom intends to relaunch Megaupload, the entrepreneur has just delivered a new surprise. Rather than a cold start, Megaupload 2.0 will hit the ground running by deploying the original Megaupload user database.
In a rewards program that lasted five years, Megaupload paid out more than $3m to users who uploaded content the site. One of those was paid more than $50,000, despite having more than 1,200 takedown notices filed against his account, the U.S. claims. Countering, lawyers for Kim Dotcom says its unfair those users' identities are being kept secret.
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Well said about people illegally downloading an album =/= no sale.
And the opposite is also true (no download =/= sale): I used to download a lot of movies, I confess. Then my ISP sent me a warning saying that they caught me downloading a file illegally, and that if I persisted I could be sued. Since then, I haven't downloaded a single movie. And you know what? I HAVEN'T BOUGHT A SINGLE ONE EITHER. I used to buy movies when I downloaded others. Now, I just don't watch movies anymore.
And back to the original point: I looked everywhere in store for the Silent Comedy album, Common Faults, but I just couldn't find it. I'd love to give these guys my money, but I had to download their album because I couldn't find it in store (fuck iTunes). But you know what? 1. If I ever come across it in a store, you can bet I'll buy it instantly; and, 2. If they ever hold a concert near where I am, you can bet I'll be there. All because I downloaded their album illegally.
Wow is this tweet now getting around, lol. Anyway, a very valid point. I rather make my own music than pay for 3/4 of the crap on the market. Sometimes an entire album might have just one good song, so why should I shell out for 12 other crap tracks to listen to one good song (this is assuming it's not on iTunes and Amazon etc.) Also there are many countries that don't even have any or full access to digital libraries, so F*** the police.
On a side note, I read that Kim Dotcom could actually walk if they can;t extradite him to the united stated. I hope that happens.
What if ebay, retail amazon or cloud music didn't have the Santogold album. Hmm what's a guy to do in a situation like that.
the sarcasm in this lol. I wont really comment on this.
lol this is gonna hurt the industry more than piracy will.
whos that obscure artist? oh Idk oh well back to main stream crap.
lets just keep making people like jay z richer. lol whats "50k to a N___ like me can you please remind me?"