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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
    • 8917

    Free Unlimited Music Downloads - If it's too good to be true ...

    A new website promises unlimited DRM-free MP3 downloads for only $25 a month, and is even available now for free for a limited time. Sound too good to be true?

    TorrentFreak thinks so (that is it too good to be true, in other words, it's a scam). They've even gone to the trouble for listing 13 reasons as to why ZapTunes might be a scam, although the generous pricing and sensible DRM policy should be enough to alert most people that this is not a RIAA sanctioned service.

    Even though the website provides a free signup for a limited time, it still asks for your credit card details, and this is also making users suspicious of the real intentions of ZapTunes.

    More:

    For those keen to avoid raping and pillaging music from the nearest torrent site, a one-stop shop where unlimited DRM-free music can be bought for next to nothing must be a great attraction. Zaptunes, a new site advertising just that, has been making headlines this week. Trouble is, everything about it is a scam.
    Last edited by admin; 2 Sep 2010, 08:09 PM.
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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
    • 8917

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    ZapTunes has gone kaput, cancelling the account of up to 25,000 people who paid $25 per month to download their catalogue of 8 million DRM free songs, which ZapTunes claims is all legal (despite the fact that ZapTunes offered The Beatles songs on their websites months before the historical official deal with Apple).

    ZapTunes claims that, even with taking in $625,000 per month, they could not "get to a point of profit", citing their struggle against "numerous DMCA complaints and lawsuits".

    But ZapTunes say they will return, as a social music discovery network, but found time to cancel the account of everyone who had signed up.

    So the moral of the story again, is that, if it sounds dodgy, it probably is!

    ZapTunes.com is a gigantic scam. They used to trick people into believing they could sign up for the service - handing over their credit card details in the process - and instantly gain access to an online music catalog of more than 8 million DRM-free songs they could legally download. For $25 a month. Of course, the 'startup' was quickly and diligently called out for being a devious fraud, by TorrentFreak for one. Of course, it wasn't so hard to identify ZapTunes as a huge scam - they were stupid enough to claim they'd signed a licensing deal that enabled it to offer music from The Beatles (this was way before Apple got to that point).


    ZapTunes press release announcing their return:

    Last edited by admin; 6 Jan 2011, 11:07 AM.
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