Yeah, there is that... But Google's Lawyers are much better than Kim's so I'd say they're getting away with that excuse.
Why Megaupload was really shut down?
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they just got too big and the government was looking for an excuse to show the world they are fighting downloading sites, now we will see how some fast Russians are going to build download empires on RU based servers, and the FBI could try running around Russia...
Yes YT splits page ads revenue with channel owner, I have a lot of "whole movie" links in my favorites box uploaded more than 2 years ago with ads on. The main difference between MU and YT is not in the lawyer but in the DMCA requests processing. YT deletes files immediately after a DMCA (with all the monkeys they pay), MU didn't give a fuck.
How is MegaBox different than what the TuneCore offers? That service has been around for years and doesn't appear to have caused any major issues with the record labels.
It seems that if MegaUpload was taken offline due to the MegaBox, the major problem was the idea that you can get paid for free downloads. Although, mostly it seems that Universal is pissed because they didn't figure it out first or because it was creating an alternate store for purchasing, as opposed to using established digital music retailers as TuneCore does.
It seems that if MegaUpload was taken offline due to the MegaBox, the major problem was the idea that you can get paid for free downloads. Although, mostly it seems that Universal is pissed because they didn't figure it out first or because it was creating an alternate store for purchasing, as opposed to using established digital music retailers as TuneCore does.
Only after a DMCA request filed by the legal owner of rights.
Publishers are suspended only after iterated infringements (don't remember the exact number).
There's a radio station in the UK that only plays unsigned bands, the bands send in a CD and the station plays the best of them. The station doesn't get crippled with royalties so there's no advertising, just music all day. The bands get a break and get their songs played and the listeners can download the songs.
Win-Win-Win situation.
Win-Win-Win situation.
^Except that the music sucks 99 songs out of 100, of course.
But it is an awesome attempt. How does the radio station pay its' overhead?