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Mygazines online magazine pirating site closes
Flash forward a few months and Mygazines is no more. A visit to the company's homepage shows a message saying that the service has gone under due to "monetary reasons and the state of the global economy." Because that's what did it in. The global economy. Not a flawed business model that was incurring the wrath of publishers.
[via Wired]
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Subscribe to commentsallSmilesOct 18th 2008 4:57PM
stupid Bush and his pisspoor economy!
minibarOct 18th 2008 9:36PM
"The plan might have worked if the company had, I don't know, partnered with magazine publishers to make free ad-supported versions of the magazine available. ... Not a flawed business model that was incurring the wrath of publishers."
Online media remains in a state of ever-changing flux and the traditional publishing industry in particular is in a fight for their existence, so whether you like what you call "sharing" or not, it is mostly likely on the backs of innovators--even websites with awful user interfaces that deservedly fail not quickly enough, that will lead us to the future, and improbably big content acting on their own, because they have more interest and experience in maintaining the status quo.
Also, that passive-aggressive bit doesn't work so well.
LarkmanOct 18th 2008 7:41PM
Blaming the global economy? Gee, why don't they request a buyout from the government. Those guys made bigger mistakes and still go on "business trips".
blaOct 18th 2008 11:30PM
Schade, ihr fucking verklemmte Wichser. Seht doch endlich die Zukunft! Ihr werdert nicht dabeisein,
srbudboyy2kOct 18th 2008 11:30PM
I've been to this site and I wish I could say good things. It was quite revolting how much porn can come up when you type in PCmagazine...
-Bret
BobOct 19th 2008 8:12AM
This site was doomed from the start, cant believe it worked so long!
My 2c - http://www.torrentbug.com
VotreOct 20th 2008 10:26AM
Spin, spin, spin...
Besides I can really see a publisher getting interested in their "business model."
"OK Mr. Mygazines, you put our content up on the web and let anybody read it for free. And that benefits my periodical by...."
(The script ended there after 25 minutes of silence.)
Chris O'RourkeOct 20th 2008 3:55PM
So with full scans of the magazines that means users of the site also viewed the ads every magazine is full of as well? I can't see why that's a problem.
If the publishers would hurry up and realize that giving me the ability to view the same articles online as though I'd bought the issue they'd be better off. Less money in printing costs is the way to win.