

“For the great majority it will be free of charge, for a minority it will actually make them money, and for a small portion it will cost them,” he said.

“The more you give, the more you get,” said Hans Pandeya, chief executive of Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X, the company that bought out The Pirate Bay last month. Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing website that was recently ordered to shut down after its operators were found guilty of providing copyrighted material, will be reborn with a “give-and-take” payment model. Kazaa’s files will be available in WMA format, while iPods, the most popular portable media devices, only support MP3s and AACs. It was particularly popular amongst younger users as it could allow them to download and upload files of copyrighted material in an easy, no-fuss interface.īut some doubts have been raised regarding the service’s chances at beating Apple’s market share. Kazaa was at the height of its popularity earlier in the decade.
