new music site gives fans a cut of tune sales

http://new.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_hi_te/paying_music_buyers;_ylt=ApNT7bipjndI_1kk8ttyrCNk24cA


There's a new music downloading site now available on the web. However, this one gives you "money" every time somebody downloads music from you. This new site is called Popcuts and was founded by three young men from Berkley, California. Their idea is actually pretty smart. They believe that if people are given some form of a reward for downloading songs rather than going to a free, but illegal site such as Limewire, they will legally purchase songs. The reward from purchasing from Popcuts is that you get credit and you can use this credit to "buy" songs in the future. The article states that they hope to eventually be able to just give people cash back, but the site isn't advanced enough yet to be able to do this. Another problem with the site is that there isn't a large variety of songs and artists. Hopefully, this site will be able to grow and more music listeners will have an incentive to pay for their music!