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Some of you may remember when MP3.com tried to allow users the ability to access to their music online. The music industry was none to excited about the idea, sued the pants off of mp3.com and it was shut down selling the actual domain name to CNET.Apparently the makers of the Oboe Music Locker and now MediaMaster weren't paying attention. Both companies give users the ability to upload all of their music to the service and then listen to it on any Internet enabled device. Oboe even gives you the option of "Sideloading" other peoples music into your playlist.
MediaMaster is the newest kid on the block in online music players. The site does roughly the same thing everyone else did, but this time they're doing it with cover art and widgets. The site allows you to upload tracks directly off your computer's hard drive and then adds then album to your play list as the albums cover art. Clicking on the cover art will take you to a playlist of the entire album where you can select individual songs to play. Users are also able to create custom playlists from all their albums and create their own radio station that is playable on any program that can handle a .pls file.
The site is currently offering unlimited accounts. They don't allow users the ability to download music or listen to other people's music (like Oboe) so they also probably have a
[Via TechCrunch]
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Subscribe to commentsNeil TurnerApr 7th 2007 2:57PM
If I remember correctly, the entrepreneur Michael Robertson was behind both MP3.com and Oboe Music Locker.
RepoMonkeyApr 8th 2007 6:25AM
Interesting article, but any credibility the author had built up was lost when he said, "I'm now surprised when I come across a computer running Windows." Remind me again what the installed userbase of Windows systems is, compared to, say OSX? It's a bit like saying, "Toyota is dead. I'm now surprised when I come across a car park full of Corollas."
Also, this bit "And of course Apple has Microsoft on the run in music too, with TV and phones on the way" is open to debate too. Not the bit about music, which MS neither understand nor really want to compete in - but the TV and phones bit. The iPhone is without doubt the most over-rated tech gizmo since the Commodore CD-32. Touch-screen? Plays music? Cool design? Sorry, but there are three phones out there now (none of which are tied to one lousy telecoms company) which make the iPhone look like an iHolePunch.
For the record I should add, I have a home office running XP (2 machines), Linux (Ubunut on my main box) and OSX (for my wife, who doesn't like things to be too 'computery') so I have no axe to grind platform-wise.
Thanks for listening. :)
FraserApr 10th 2007 12:04PM
Yes you are right, Michael Robertson is behind all of the.... clever and pleasant man he is too.