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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: 2007/01/23/boxnet-shares-mp3s-and-files-on-myspace/

  • Hans · 2 years ago
    Wouldn't they run into legal issues with the music industry? Why is nobody else (photobucket, slide, rockyou, etc.) allowing users to upload mp3s that play along the slideshows? I assume it is too much of a risk to get sued. I wonder how long box will last...
  • Williams · 2 years ago
    box.net is slick for those who haven't tried it (I don't even use the widget). It's also got a decent developer API, so you can write hooks into your software to store your files there.

    The web interface is a little to candy ass web 2.0 for me, but the great simple service makes up for it. (1GB for free... hoo haa)

    J | http://www.gimme20.com
  • Pete Cashmore · 2 years ago
    Hans,

    Yes, possibly. Definitely a risk that crossed my mind. Maybe they'll be able to pull a YouTube and get the industry on their side.
  • DF · 2 years ago
    I think I just heard the RIAA Lawyers open Word and click FILE > NEW DOCUMENT
  • Pete Cashmore · 2 years ago
    DF,

    Hehehe. Hopefully they'll upload it to their widget so we can all download it. ;)
  • arno · 2 years ago
    I tryied to put it in myspace it diod not work... but the idea is cool
  • me · 2 years ago
    i guess
  • Derek Anderson · 2 years ago
    It seems to work on my MySpace profile for the moment.

    http://www.myspace.com/deralaand
  • Derek Anderson · 2 years ago
    Thats not a shameless plug either. It's just for display purposes.
  • sexy · 2 years ago
    who dis is waz up im looking 4 a 14 year old boy im bright skinny big biooty
  • sexy · 2 years ago
    waz up any body send me a email at spectacularprettyricky234@yahoo.com
  • magnusdopus · 2 years ago
    Interesting. Mark Cuban is on the board. Same guy who thought YouTube was worth less than $100 mill due to legal liability. This is 10x worst!
  • Aaron Levie · 2 years ago
    Sorry guys for the late response. We're actively working with artists, bands, labels, and other producers of media to provide a legal means for individuals to add content to their widget. There's a lot more to come with this service - it represents a larger strategy here at Box, not just a simple viral tactic. Hope you will all pay attention, and let us know how we can do our jobs better. We really appreciate the support.

    Thx,
    Aaron
  • Eric · 2 years ago
    Didn't work on my page. Not only does it slow the page to a crawl I get a big pop up failure message. Tried it on multiple computers.

    Bumber, it was nice to be able to embed a decent version of a song and not just the lame watered down junk I find for myspace.
  • Eric · 2 years ago
    I did get it to work. I had to move it to a different section. Some part of the code didn't like the music section.

    Works now.