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SoundsBox Review
Nightfly
07-09-2008
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SoundsBox is a relatively new music site starting in late June 2007. They are licensed under the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS). In accordance to the licenses terms, Soundsbox pays license fees for all materials. Soundsbox...
  #10  
By Hirs Ute on 10-11-2008, 05:02 PM
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Music Catalogue
90%90%90%
9
Pricing
90%90%90%
9
Audio Format
70%70%70%
7
Downloading
90%90%90%
9
Payment Options
80%80%80%
8
Bonus Scheme
80%80%80%
8
Average 83%
A good store

It's worth noting that Soundsbox is often one of the first stores to offer the latest albums.

As someone whose favourite bit rate is 256VBR I have marked the store down slightly as albums can often be found with very mediocre bit rates however it might be a coincidence but a number of albums I have looked at, on Soundsbox, recently are offered at quite good bitrates. If this is a conscious decision by Seva then great
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By troods on 05-26-2009, 12:21 AM
All I can say is, searched for Sarah Vaughan and came up with 3 albums??Tch, tch. Fiesta and Lavamus laid out a load of 'em. May be an unfair judgement and I'll try searching for other stuff, but the music most important to me is how I choose a site.
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By Nightfly on 05-26-2009, 01:53 AM
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9.0
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9.0
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85%85%85%
8.5
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9.5
Payment Options
85%85%85%
8.5
Bonus Scheme
85%85%85%
8.5
Average 88%
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Originally Posted by troods View Post
All I can say is, searched for Sarah Vaughan and came up with 3 albums??Tch, tch. Fiesta and Lavamus laid out a load of 'em. May be an unfair judgement and I'll try searching for other stuff, but the music most important to me is how I choose a site.
But one of the nice things about Soudsbox if you requested more Sarah Vaughn
as a member,they would do there best to get you more tittles.
I too use catalogue as a criteria for choosing a site, but you can not judge a site merely by one artist.
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By LostChildrenNetLabel on 04-16-2010, 06:13 PM
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SoundsBox is an illegal mp3 site. I was referred by someone who found one of our label releases on their as they had their credit details stolen from the site and used in Russia, and they were disappointed we were associated with SoundsBox. But we have never authorised SoundsBox to use the release which is freely distributable under a Non-Commercial Creative Commons license normally and the artist was receiving no royalties from any sales. The release was downloaded and illegally re-uploaded for their profit alone.

After requesting SoundsBox to remove the release they haven't complied and we are thinking of taking legal action to get the release removed.

I'm surprised anyone would use this site.
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By Nightfly on 04-16-2010, 08:06 PM
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9.0
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90%90%90%
9.0
Audio Format
85%85%85%
8.5
Downloading
95%95%95%
9.5
Payment Options
85%85%85%
8.5
Bonus Scheme
85%85%85%
8.5
Average 88%
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Originally Posted by LostChildrenNetLabel View Post
SoundsBox is an illegal mp3 site. I was referred by someone who found one of our label releases on their as they had their credit details stolen from the site and used in Russia, and they were disappointed we were associated with SoundsBox. But we have never authorised SoundsBox to use the release which is freely distributable under a Non-Commercial Creative Commons license normally and the artist was receiving no royalties from any sales. The release was downloaded and illegally re-uploaded for their profit alone.

After requesting SoundsBox to remove the release they haven't complied and we are thinking of taking legal action to get the release removed.

I'm surprised anyone would use this site.
I'm sure they would comply,but I'm only guessing.

And don' be so surprised.
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By gluteus maximus on 04-16-2010, 10:59 PM
Hi LostChildrenNetLabel

Welcome to the forum

I hope you don't mind me fleshing out your post a bit. For anyone who isn't familiar with Creative Commons licences, I think you're using something like this:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

And your website would seem to be this:
http://lostchildrennetlabel.wordpress.com

which I commend to our readers. I've already found some interesting music there and I look forward to browsing it further.

I understand your displeasure but I think you should bear in mind that Soundsbox may operate in a jurisdiction which doesn't yet recognise Creative Commons licences. You might also consider putting a reference to the licence in the 'Comment' field of your ID3 tags.

gm
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