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| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Brooklyn, New York |
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| Key people | Omid McDonald, CEO Booker Sim, CMO Gerry Burtenshaw, CTO |
| Industry | Music technology |
| Products | Music remixes |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Legitmix was a Canadian company that offered services to artists who create remixes. The company launched in 2011 and had offices in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Brooklyn, New York.
Legitmix sold files that rebuild a remixed song on a user's hard drive using the listener's copies of the sampled tracks. Remixers received 70% of the price of their Legitmix files, while copyright holders got paid for the purchase of the original tracks used in the remix. Music files used to construct remixes had to be exact matches to the ones legally sold through Legitmix. 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.
The Hood Internet and El-P had used the product. In 2016, it was announced that the company had shut down.
References
- ^ "The coolest NYC companies: music and tech start-up Legitmix". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "Can Legitmix Solve Remix Copyright for DJs + Producers?". DJTechTools. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "Legitmix Ends the Music Sampling Deadlock". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Interactive technology gets a spotlight at North by Northeast". Toronto Star. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on May 31, 2005. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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