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Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by Zirro on Monday August 13, 2012 @07:20AM (#4375301)
"Interested to see what 'MegaKey' is."

The last time I checked, when Megaupload was still online and Megakey was being tested, it worked by replacing existing Internet-ads with ones served through the Mega-network when a person surfed the web. Essentially, it's a voluntarily installed ad-ware.

Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by amalcon on Monday August 13, 2012 @11:56AM (#4376473)
Ah, so it's a Gator[1] clone. Great, something else to warn people about. Gator was allegedly installed "voluntarily", but it turned out that wasn't how it usually happened...

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claria_Corporation#Gator

Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by patternguru714 on Monday August 20, 2012 @07:21AM (#4407043)
The legal snafu with MegaKey is that it REPLACES ads, which, depending on situation, could easily be illegal contract interference. If it steps on banner ads and contracted ad real-estate on websites (Facebook, for example) he's stealing revenue. I'd assume if he were confronted with this, he'd play the "champion of the people" card, stating the original ads were placed there by greedy, unethical corporations and thus he's a hero. (Last part is my opinion, first part is an actual legal problem ;)
Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by k-mcgrady on Monday August 13, 2012 @07:36AM (#4375345)
Thanks this if the first I've heard of it. I could see that being an interesting proposition for many people (the ones who refuse to pay for any music). As someone who still buys music and subscribes to Spotify Premium there's no way I would use it.
Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by icebraining on Monday August 13, 2012 @08:02AM (#4375451)
Spotify is great, unless you happen to be part of the 90% of the world population that they don't support.
Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by k-mcgrady on Monday August 13, 2012 @08:51AM (#4375609)
It will get their eventually. It took iTunes a long time too but they are, I think, now the biggest music retailer.
Re:Kim Dotcom - Megabox, disruptive new music service by dbecker on Monday August 13, 2012 @07:32AM (#4375337)
I hope it's easy to find a list of MegaKey advertisers, so I know not to buy anything from any of them.