MegaUpload Is Now Launching a Music Service Called MegaBox - Polidicks

by paul [img]http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/images/1097.jpg[/img] [quote]There's another gigantic wrinkle in the MegaUpload drama. Not only is MegaUpload fighting tooth-and-nail against Universal Music Group, but they're now planning the launch of a cloud-based music locker, download store, and do-it-yourself artist service. It's called MegaBox, and it's already up in beta with listed partners 7digital, Gracenote, Rovi, and Amazon MP3. Actually, this is technically a relaunch of an earlier concept, and a perfect re-stab at major label opponents. "UMG knows that we are going to compete with them via our own music venture called Megabox.com, a site that will soon allow artists to sell their creations directly to consumers while allowing artists to keep 90 percent of earnings," MegaUpload founder Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz told Torrentfreak this week. In other words, another entry into the very crowded DIY space. But there's a lot more to this story. Instead of charging artists, Schmitz wants to pay artists - even for free downloads. "We have a solution called the Megakey that will allow artists to earn income from users who download music for free," Dotcom outlined. "Yes that's right, we will pay artists even for free downloads. The Megakey business model has been tested with over a million users and it works." And there could be more mega-artist deals ahead, of the will.i.am variety. "You can expect several Megabox announcements next year including exclusive deals with artists who are eager to depart from outdated business models." The rest looks like a combination platter of cloud-based music storage, download sales, and discovery, though the elements may still be coming together. In a test-drive this morning, we also found lots of major label content, but only managed to stream 30-second clips (we'll leave that discussion to the various armies of lawyers...) MegaUpload has the capital to do this, but they are also pushing some emotional capital as well. That is, a stark juxtoposition between them and traditional media interests, ie major labels like UMG. "These guys think an iPad is a facial treatment, the internet is the devil, and wired phones are still hip," Schmitz blasted. "They are in denial about the new realities and opportunities. They don't understand that the rip-off days are over. Artists are more educated than ever about how they are getting ripped off and how the big labels only look after themselves."[/quote] [img]http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/images/1098.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111221airvinyl]SOURCE[/url] EDIT Shauna Myers [b]Why was MegaUpload [i]really[/i] shut down?[/b] [quote] In December of 2011, just weeks before the takedown, Digital Music News reported on something new that the creators of #Megaupload were about to unroll. Something that would rock the music industry to its core. ([url]http://goo.gl/A7wUZ[/url]) I present to you... MegaBox. MegaBox was going to be an alternative music store that was entirely cloud-based and offered artists a better money-making opportunity than they would get with any record label. "UMG knows that we are going to compete with them via our own music venture called Megabox.com, a site that will soon allow artists to sell their creations directly to consumers while allowing artists to keep 90 percent of earnings," MegaUpload founder Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz told Torrentfreak Not only did they plan on allowing artists to keep 90% of their earnings on songs that they sold, they wanted to pay them for songs they let users download for free. "We have a solution called the Megakey that will allow artists to earn income from users who download music for free," Dotcom outlined. "Yes that's right, we will pay artists even for free downloads. The Megakey business model has been tested with over a million users and it works."[/quote] [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/111314089359991626869/posts/HQJxDRiwAWq]SOURCE[/url]

Awesome, good to know they are getting back to their former glory....somewhat.

Hey, why did you make a music service instead of remake Megaupload with stricter downloading and better anti-pirating? No offense but I dont think this is what people are looking for at the moment, though its good news for the Mega___ network.

Just so long as they don't pay people for pirating things, they should get along fine. It's not like anyone holds a particular grudge for MegaUpload or anything.

I'm still just going to listen to all my songs off of YouTube.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;34359026]I'm still just going to listen to all my songs off of YouTube.[/QUOTE] I have plenty of that in my Favorites list.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;34359026]I'm still just going to listen to all my songs off of YouTube.[/QUOTE] I just use Shoutcast radio for most of my music. Haven't used any digital music distribution services for at least a year (apart from Bandcamp).

[QUOTE=calebc789;34358999]Hey, why did you make a music service instead of remake Megaupload with stricter downloading and better anti-pirating? No offense but I dont think this is what people are looking for at the moment, though its good news for the Mega___ network.[/QUOTE] all in good time, I'm sure they'll get around to it, they probably don't want to miss out on the revenue they were getting from it

Learning from their mistakes I see.

The article is from December 21 so I guess they aren't anymore.

is that screenshot a troll? Check out the song title.

[QUOTE=calebc789;34358999]Hey, why did you make a music service instead of remake Megaupload with stricter downloading and better anti-pirating? No offense but I dont think this is what people are looking for at the moment, though its good news for the Mega___ network.[/QUOTE] It's not like they anticipated the MegaUpload debacle. This service has probably been in development for months.

[QUOTE=Marc0303;34359326]The article is from December 21 so I guess they aren't anymore.[/QUOTE] Really? Grats OP.

Already using grooveshark, seems like they are moving into an already cluttered market.

[QUOTE=Jasun;34359373]Really? Grats OP.[/QUOTE] wow gj

[QUOTE=Hidole555;34359026]I'm still just going to listen to all my songs off of YouTube.[/QUOTE] But what about the ones that are all shit quality D:

I still believe MegaUpload will be back, whether it's next week or next year.

[QUOTE=Marc0303;34359326]The article is from December 21 so I guess they aren't anymore.[/QUOTE] oops :v:

What ever happened to downloading music? It's just strange to me that today's hard drives are so big yet everyone is fixated on never downloading a single file.

[QUOTE=Scot;34360334]What ever happened to downloading music? It's just strange to me that today's hard drives are so big yet everyone is fixated on never downloading a single file.[/QUOTE] I still know people that actually download porn, and then have to hide to because they are shared computers. This explains why we still need big hard drives. I download all my music though. I can't stand streaming services.

I think the first sign it was late was that it's kind of hard to launch a new service when you're in jail

It's been here for a few months

[QUOTE=Lamar;34359340]is that screenshot a troll? Check out the song title.[/QUOTE] It's all good to me ? wtf you talking about ?

Spotify

[QUOTE=SwizzChees;34362183]Spotify[/QUOTE] Using Facebook as login service. Sorry but I'm against having one service try to manage pretty much everything I do.

I haven't even bothered connecting Spotify to Facebook, it's not mandatory.

I fucking love this idea.

Spotify has, like Valve with Steam, provided me with a better service, so my days of pirating games and music are over. See, entertainment industry? [B][I]SEE?![/I][/B]

[QUOTE=mac338;34362455]I haven't even bothered connecting Spotify to Facebook, it's not mandatory.[/QUOTE] It is for new users, no matter what you do. They implemented that a few weeks before launching their service here in Denmark. :suicide:

[QUOTE=Hidole555;34359026]I'm still just going to listen to all my songs off of YouTube.[/QUOTE] Enjoy your layer of noise over the music you love.