Megabox

[Pakage]

Why was MegaUpload really shut down?

 

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. (http://goo.gl/A7wUZ)

 

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."

 

Source

 

Sounds amazing, what do you guys think? Will this even happen? What can you see as the adversities given the current state of the recording industry?

 

discuss..

[mike]

I'm still surprised that someone can be extradited to another country without first being told what they're being arrested for?!

 

The judge said he has no idea what the charges were, so something seems a bit wrong with our legal system.

 

This says another country can ring and go - we want this guy. No reason given (at least to the defendant/court here)

[zeb]

Just another reason I'm leaving this country in december.The justice system.

[Nato]

Just another reason I'm leaving this country in december.The justice system.

Where are you heading?

[Known One]

Just another reason I'm leaving this country in december.The justice system.

 

Please don't say you're headed to Australia... the Irony would be unbearable

[Nato]

Just another reason I'm leaving this country in december.The justice system.

 

Please don't tell me you are going to Australia... the Irony would be unbearable

Just what I was thinking

[Grind]

Why was MegaUpload really shut down?

 

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. (http://goo.gl/A7wUZ)

 

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."

 

Source

 

Sounds amazing, what do you guys think? Will this even happen? What can you see as the adversities given the current state of the recording industry?

 

discuss..

 

Sounds fake to me. Why would consumers choose to pay for music on Megabox, when they can get the same music for absolutely nothing, over at other websites...like Megaupload.

 

Seems more likely that the real reason Megaupload was shut down, was the obvious one.. ie. they were actively helping to facilitate millions of illegal downloads and copyright breaches every week.