“Two software developers who have attracted lawsuits from media organisations are behind an online music service launching on Wednesday that seems certain to be scrutinised for copyright violations,” Chris Nuttall reports for The Financial Times. “Michael Robertson, once the founder of MP3.com, a music site sued for copyright infringements, will launch a ‘digital locker’ on his MP3tunes.com website where users can store their record collections online.”
“MP3tunes.com will charge $39.95 a year for users to upload songs to a personal locker and access them through a web browser from any computer with an internet connection,” Nuttall reports. “Mr Robertson says he is offering storage in the same way Google offers e-mail storage with Gmail, but concedes record companies may suspect users will share password keys to their lockers and enable illegal music-sharing online… Mr Robertson said users would typically be able to upload 200-300 songs an hour.”
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Technically, something like this can already be achieved for free. “gDisk” is free software that turns your free Google GMail account into a portable hard drive so you can always have your important files accessible accross the Internet. It’s not 200-300 uploaded songs per hour, it’s more like 50-60 songs an hour (typical cable modem, 192kbps AAC, 5MB per song average), but it’s free. More info here.
