MP3Musiq - Review
Site Information
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URL | www.mp3musiq.com | |
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| Also known as | iMP3Download | ||
| Affiliated sites | unlimitedownloads.com | ||
| Owner | Surgio Cruze Free MP3 5512 W. 8th Ave Doral Park, FL 33172 |
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| McAfee SiteAdvisor Analysis | Our analysis indicates that this site may be trying to sell you something which is normally available elsewhere for free. | ||
| Alexa Traffic Rank | 9,308 |
Pricing
Unlimited Access $34.95. 2 Years Access - $1.37/Month (= pay $32.88 up-front). 1 Year Access - $2.49/Month (= pay $29.88 up-front). Add Movie Upgrade Package to Download Unlimited DVD Movies for $14.95.
Refunds
Nowhere on the site do they mention refunds or money back guarantee.
What are you promised?
Once you become a member you are supposed to get the following for free: Unlimited Music Downloads, No Per Song Fees, Highest quality CD burns, Digital quality sound, Free Movies and Games, No Spyware or Adware, 24 Hour Technical Support, No Monthly Charges Ever!
Comments: How does “No Monthly Charges Ever” apply to the $2.49/Month payment option? How can they promise no spyware or adware when you’re connecting to a P2P network? How can you not deliver “Digital quality sound” with a computer?
What are you really paying for?
- The fee assessed by MP3Musiq.com entitles You to access the location, evaluation, and or recommendation of software products available from the web site and for the installation and technical support provided. All software recommendations refer to software that is available without charge to individuals at large for specific purposes. The service makes no download speed performance guarantees or the availability of specific files for download on the peer to peer network.
- None of the fee entitles You, as a Purchaser to any ownership, licensing rights or recourse with regard to use of the software other than those rights offered by the software owners or licensees.
- Using P2P programs to download and distribute copy righted music, movies and games without permission is illegal. Purchasing a membership in MP3Musiq.com does not give you license to download and distribute copyrighted material. MP3Musiq.com implores you to respect all copyright laws to avoid lawsuits, fines and even criminal prosecution.
Not much to add here. It is clear that you are not paying for any copyrighted music. No part of the fee that you pay to become a member ever goes to music artists.
Privacy
There are a couple of sections in the privacy policy that are vague:
- Use and Disclosure of Data - Disclosure shall be limited to only to those that MP3Musiq.com is compelled to disclose to.
- Access to Internet User data that identifies the Internet User’s name and/or e-mail addresses is limited to designated MP3Musiq.com employees who require such access in order to perform their jobs and to an Advertiser or Publisher that provided such information.
Is paying $1,000 “compelling” enough for them to disclose user information? Also, advertisers and Publishers are poorly defined in the privacy policy. Who are they and under what circumstances do they get access to your user information?
The Terms of Use is much clearer:
- MP3Musiq is a direct marketer that delivers email messages to its subscribers. All information voluntarily provided to MP3Musiq by a registrant may be used to support our marketing partner’s data services business. These services include the provision of personally identifiable data to marketing companies, advertising agencies, data compilers, data companies, and, to the extent permitted by law, individual reference, email marketers and look-up service programs. Such information may be used by such companies to provide users via email with information on products and services that may be of interest to them.
Other Observations
The header of the web site says iMP3Download and not MP3Musiq. This is odd. If you go to iMP3Download.com you will find a site that has very similar information as MP3Musiq.com. Their legal pages are almost identical, word for word. However, iMP3Download.com claims to be 300 times faster, while MP3Musiq.com is only 250 times faster…
Summary
This is a scam. MP3Musiq.com will happily take your money so that they can recommend free software which you can use to connect to a P2P network. Note that you do not need to be a MP3Musiq member to connect to this P2P network.
P2P networks contain a lot of files, including viruses, adware and copyrighted material. As MP3Musiq points out in their terms of use, it is illegal do download copyrighted material, and paying MP3Musiq does not give you any license to download copyrighted material.
If you are looking to download commercial music, MP3Musiq is not the answer. There are many reputable music services available where you can pay per month or per song. For example, Yahoo! Music Unlimited will give you unlimited access to their 2 million song library for $5.99/month. It’s not $2.49 per month, but Yahoo! has only legal licensed music content, and you don’t have to wade through tons bad files to find your favorite music.
It is astounding that MP3Musiq.com is among the top 10,000 web sites in terms of reach, according to Alexa. As a comparison a legitimate site like eMusic is only 2-3 times larger. The owner of MP3Musiq.com must be making a fortune off of easily fooled internet surfers.