Music search engine SeeqPod has a new plan to make money – it'll sell its source code to developers for $5,000 a pop, so they can set up their own versions of the site. The company says its decision is a direct response to being sued by EMI, Capitol and Warner Music Group for copyright infringement.”This just goes to show that when you sue technology – or the internet – you unleash a powerful demon technology,” says a spokesperson. “Imagine, millions of mini-SeeqPods – and the world will be a better place for it.”Sites already using SeeqPod's API include Favtape, Songerize, Songza and Streamzy – and a separate story on ReadWriteWeb suggests that these sites (which use the API rather than the source code) will have to pay $3 for every 1,000 search queries performed on their sites using the SeeqPod engine.

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