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]
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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 |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Defunct |
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
edit- ^ a b c "The coolest NYC companies: music and tech start-up Legitmix". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ a b "Can Legitmix Solve Remix Copyright for DJs + Producers?". DJTechTools. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ a b c "Legitmix Ends the Music Sampling Deadlock". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ a b c "Legitmix Founder Omid McDonald Explains His Plan to Make Sample-Based Music Perfectly Legal, Equitable (Q&A)". Billboard Biz. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "Legitmix: Solving The Sampling Issue". DJZ. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ a b "Interactive technology gets a spotlight at North by Northeast". Toronto Star. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b "These songs cost upwards of $14 apiece, and people are actually paying". Quartz. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Legitmix finds a legal way to sell remixes, but they're not always cheap". The Verge. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "A Sad Day". Legitmix. Retrieved 2016-11-28.