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Let's make honest file-swaps profitable
Boston Globe ^ | April 4, 2005 | Hiawatha Bray

Posted on 04/04/2005 5:49:50 PM PDT by Radix

Maybe people would pay for music if they could profit from their honesty. That's the concept behind Peer Impact, a new Internet music-selling service that's done deals with the world's four biggest recording companies. Peer Impact is up and running as a closed beta test, with 2,500 users paying 99 cents per downloaded tune, and making some of the money back by trading their files.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: filesharing; intellectualproperty; technology

1 posted on 04/04/2005 5:49:51 PM PDT by Radix
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