Company:Legitmix
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| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Brooklyn, New York |
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| Key people | Omid McDonald, CEO[1] Booker Sim, CMO[1] Gerry Burtenshaw, CTO |
| Industry | Music technology |
| Products | Music remixes |
| Website | www |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Legitmix was a Canadian company that offered services to artists who create remixes.[2][3] The company launched in 2011 and had offices in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Brooklyn, New York.[1][3][4][5]
Legitmix sold files that rebuild a remixed song on a user's hard drive using the listener's copies of the sampled tracks.[3][6] Remixers received 70% of the price of their Legitmix files,[4][7] while copyright holders got paid for the purchase of the original tracks used in the remix.[2] Music files used to construct remixes had to be exact matches to the ones legally sold through Legitmix.[6] Because listeners were required to purchase or already own the original tracks used in a remix, the recreated remix might have been several times more expensive than the cost of an individual song.[7][8]
The Hood Internet and El-P had used the product.[4] In 2016, it was announced that the company had shut down.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The coolest NYC companies: music and tech start-up Legitmix". Time Out New York. http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/the-coolest-nyc-companies-music-and-tech-start-up-legitmix. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Can Legitmix Solve Remix Copyright for DJs + Producers?". DJTechTools. http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/09/12/can-legitmix-solve-remix-copyright-for-djs-producers/. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Legitmix Ends the Music Sampling Deadlock". MIT Technology Review. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/425958/legitmix-ends-the-music-sampling-deadlock/. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Legitmix Founder Omid McDonald Explains His Plan to Make Sample-Based Music Perfectly Legal, Equitable (Q&A)". Billboard Biz. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1564970/legitmix-founder-omid-mcdonald-explains-his-plan-to. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ "Legitmix: Solving The Sampling Issue". DJZ. http://www.djz.com/news/legitmix-solving-the-sampling-issue/. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Interactive technology gets a spotlight at North by Northeast". Toronto Star. 2013-06-10. https://www.thestar.com/life/technology/2013/06/10/interactive_technology_gets_a_spotlight_at_north_by_northeast.html. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "These songs cost upwards of $14 apiece, and people are actually paying". Quartz. http://qz.com/106473/these-songs-cost-upwards-of-14-apiece-and-people-are-actually-paying/. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ↑ "Legitmix finds a legal way to sell remixes, but they're not always cheap". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/21/4541926/legitmix-omid-mcdonald-legal-remix-itunes. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ "A Sad Day". Legitmix. http://www.legitmix.com/. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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