Comments on: Top Artists Line Up for Kim Dotcom’s Megabox

By: steve

steve — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:27:00 +0000

I don’t think megakey will stand up in the court system, megakey steals adspace on websites you visit. It has a potential lawsuit in the making.

Sounds pretty cool though as long as people sign their rights over to mega to digitally distribute it certainly has the potential to fix the scarcity that the current business models have. Hell it even supports the independent musicians that we never get to hear of no thanks to the shitty current music industry. This will challenge their business model and force them to change, but I can see a lot of legal battles ahead.

By: mehh

mehh — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:59:00 +0000

I wouldnt say that.
All the RIAA has to do it make better deals for the artists.

By: Paco Meralgl

Paco Meralgl — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:24:00 +0000

the use of megakey is stealing to webmasters and spy to the users

By: mephisto

mephisto — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Dotcom should take his problems out on the RIAA and the labels, not take them out on just about every website owner on the web. This is no revolution. This is malware, pure and simple. Many people depend on the miserable couple of dollars they make through advertising on their sites, if only to pay for their monthly server bills, if dotcom thinks he has the right to interfere with that he ain’t no hero but nothing more than a self-serving jerk.

You can expect scripts to block his service or anybody using it as soon as it will be released. And don’t expect google/adsense/doubleclick to just take this lying down. Even the biggest label in the world Universal Music is tiny compared to the global advertising industry or even Google alone. Even the RIAA in its entirety means nothing compared to Google alone.

What the hell are these people thinking that they can just mess around with other people’s source of income like that? Or rather: are these people thinking AT ALL? If they think they can get away with a stunt like this, they haven’t seen nothing yet.

As supportive as I have been of Dotcom so far, this is crossing a line that he’d better stay behind. There is NO justfication, none whatsoever, for a service like this, interfering with advertising on other people’s sites, on their property even, strictly taken. What’s next? Inserting his shit into your gmail/hotmail/yahoo mail account?

This doesnt have anything to do with coming up with a new music distribution model anymore. So Apple is gonna be allowed to do the same thing too then and just Insert or overlay iTunes ads over your adsense ads, or even better over Dotcoms megabox ads. And Google Play has the same rights too then I assume. Where will it end?

This isn’t gonna stand. His major supporters will turn against him. And it may very well land him in jail. And deservedly so if he’s this arrogant – or is it stupid? – to think that this could even be considered legitimate practices.

By: Lovingdesigns

Lovingdesigns — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Switching SOME ads, not all. Since many people already use ad-blockers i don’t think Megabox will make much of a difference.

By: Lovingdesigns

Lovingdesigns — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:46:00 +0000

I would not call bandcamp’s crippled 30-second tracks an alternative. If i am to even concider buying an album, i wan’t to listen to the whole album several times. Then if i LIKE it, i buy it or try to donate directly to the artists.

By: Jako klopper

Jako klopper — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:44:00 +0000

I think, cause we have been so used to getting things for free, that the thought of paying seems silly. But facing the fact that america wants to be everywhere at once with everything, but not concentrating on the facts on hand, such as the education system, national security and so forth. Kim`s idea seems great. Hopefully is supports international artists like where I am from.

By: RonaldoGEne

RonaldoGEne — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:04:00 +0000

Laura… if banners don’t show get served to visitors since they have adblock enabled, they don’t count as traffic, therefore the company doesn’t pay. It’s a basic fucking premise.

Yes adblock takes away ad revenue. To say otherwise proves you lack some basic knowledge of how websites earn revenue in the first place.

By: Daniel Hammer

Daniel Hammer — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:25:00 +0000

double post, removed

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