"It" is announced! The Pirate Bay to launch new 'Playble' music subscription site

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"Playble" will give users the option of paying whatever monthly subscription fee they can afford.

First hinted at perhaps in a blog posting on The Pirate Bay's site, and then mentioned in somewhat more detail in an article in the LA Times, the famed Swedish pirates are working on a new music sharing site that "will allow users to download music by artists for free and still support them financially."

The Playble.com is a "...collaboration with the members of the Swedish rock band Lamont and their manager Kristopher S. Wilbur." Apparently after numerous discussions about the future of the music industry and what it holds for the number of artists and songwriters trying to make a living at it, they agreed that a new business model is in order that can support them in a way that also recognizes that their content could just as easily be acquired for free using P2P and file-sharingprograms.

From thesite:

The Pirate Bay has started a unique collaboration with the members of the Swedish rock band Lamont and their manager Kristopher S. Wilbur. After lengthy discussions about the future of the record industry and its implications for the many talented artists and songwriters around the world, we discovered that we held the same vision. The shared insight that the record industry—with its current business model—is outdated inspired the birth of Playble.com.

This innovative music site will allow users to download music by artists for free and still support them financially. Playble.com will give companies with strong brands the opportunity to support music and artists directly. Welcome to Playble.com.




That's why the beauty of Playble.com is that it will support MUSIC AND ARTISTS DIRECTLY! Unlike iTunes and other music download sites where the music label collects, and more often that not it seems, keeps the royalty payment generated by each purchase, the music artists themselves get a portion of a users subscription fee each time a user downloads one of his songs.

Even better is how users "..will have the option of paying whatever monthly subscription fee they can afford." Considering that the reality is that all music download sites have to in essence compete with the free content available using P2P programs like BitTorrent, the ability to pay a subscription fee that YOU can justify rather than the service itself actually makes a lot of sense. Combined with the fact that your fees go to directly to artists makes the subscription service an even somewhat noble endeavor.

The content will obviously relatively Indie for now but, who knows, maybe other artists will find this new model to their liking.

Sunde of The Pirate Bay apparently approached an executive at one of the big music labels to discuss some sort of partnership arrangement, an idea that the exec apparently "...did not take kindly to." The exec then "...accused the Pirate Bay of perpetrating a disturbingly Viking-like act on the executive's livelihood and family," said Sunde.

The Pirate Bay's Brokep made a cryptic blog posting last week about how "it's coming." That "...maybe less than two weeks. or something like that. Yes. maybe. a couple of days." He obviously leaves the door wide open for speculation but, taken in the context of the interview they gave to the LA Times and how they are working on this new music sharing site, it stands to reason Playable.com is "what's coming."

Moreover, Playble.com ought to be an interesting development in the world of subscription-based music download sites. Can you imagine paying a monthly fee that might actually make you feel good inside? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

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:source: Source: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8693/Th...scription+site
:view: Homepage: http://playble.com/

Why pay a subscription fee when all of the music will be on p2p programs (even TPB) anyways? :blink:

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Originally Posted by Skizo

Why pay a subscription fee when all of the music will be on p2p programs (even TPB) anyways? :blink:

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Yeah that doesn't make sense at all. Is that all a farce to try and make is "seem" legal! :blink:

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users "..will have the option of paying whatever monthly subscription fee they can afford."

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Also how the hell are they going to decide which users can "afford" what fee! Are they going to ask people to submit bank statements or something to decide an appropriate monthly fee for them?? :wacko:

are they talking about donating ?? :|

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Originally Posted by ven0m

This innovative music site will allow users to download music by artists for free and still support them financially.

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How is it free if you're paying an amount of money? :dry:

Ridiculous idea. If I truly like an artist or a product then I will go out and buy the CD or the software. This whole P2P thing acts like one big demo and I for one wont pay a cent for any P2P.

Jeez, what will they think of next.

I still feel thinking should begin at a minimum of a 100 posts and a years membership too..

wtf

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Originally Posted by neotheone

wtf

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Could be a synonym for "what's that File" The more likely choice is...:(

or this WTF ?

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also The Pirate Bay has started a unique collaboration with the members of the Swedish rock band Lamont and their manager. Christ...

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I might add at this stage, Lamont make really crap music.. I just don't understand why Pirate-Bay wishes to associate thier "good" name with such a crap band? Oh wait..Pirate Bay is for leechers right?

Sounds like more BS from TPB crew.

A Fool and his money is soon separated.
My guess would be that any money raised will be going to the the same place that the 'Buy Sealand' fund went to.

What artist would except a penny form these guys even if they wanted to make good??

They are hustlers..I lost all my money to Pirate Bay.

I fool!

..and I just tried to log in there.. 403 account deleted IP blocked.

They just don't accept critic..still; the bright side is that Lamont are not as bad as Pirate-Bay... and you can download some of their music here..

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-eve...45#post1938297