Comparison of online music lockers

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This is a comparison of online music storage services (Cloud Music Service), an Internet service that allows uploading owned or licensed music to the cloud for listening on multiple devices.

There are three great services - Amazon Music, Apple's iTunes Match, and Google Play Music - each incorporating an online music store (see comparison), with songs purchased from an associated music store not included in storage limits. In addition to the additional storage space, the main additional feature provided at an annual cost by Apple (and formerly Amazon.com) is "scan-and-match", which checks the music files on the computer and adds a copy of the tracks that match to the users of the music locker without having to upload files. Google provides large amounts of storage and free-of-charge scan-and-match features.

Amazon was the first of the significant players to launch their cloud music locker service at the end of March 2011 and the first to stop it on April 30, 2018. Amazon Music was launched without getting a new music streaming license, which disrupted major record labels. Google launched their service less than a month and a half later, also without obtaining a new license. Apple negotiated with major record labels for new licenses before launching their service six months after Google. Amazon and Google eventually negotiated licenses before launching their scan-and-match feature.

For streaming services where a person can not upload their own music, but is limited to music provided by the service, such as Pandora Radio and Spotify, see Comparison of streaming music service on demand. See the article also for information on subscription streaming services provided by the four companies below (Google Play Music All Access, Apple's Apple Music, Amazon's Prime Music, and Microsoft's Groove Music Pass).

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Comparison

The main difference between these services is that Google offers massive scan-and-match and storage as a cost-free feature, while others typically offer limited or unlimited storage space and scan and match only to annual fees. For users with large libraries, Amazon offers the most storage space for a reasonable annual fee.

Amazon does not allow podcasts, ringtones, or audiobooks to upload. Apple does not allow audiobooks or podcasts to upload.

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• My.MP3.com began in January 2000, struggling with major record labels at UMG v. MP3.com, and the service was terminated by the new owner.
• MP3tunes began in late 2005, struggling with major record labels on Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3Tunes, LLC, and closed in 2012 after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
• Lala started in 2006, purchased by Apple, and closed on May 31, 2010.
• mSpot Music was started in May 2010, purchased by Samsung, and closed on October 15, 2012.
• Best Buy Music Cloud debuted in June 2011 with unfavorable reviews.
• Mougg started in 2010, renamed Mashup in 2012, the domain stopped functioning in December 2012. In April 2013, the service returned to its original name.
• Ubuntu One only includes music features (web play and mobile apps, 20GB of storage) with paid packages. The service closes on June 1, 2014.
• Samsung Music Hub is only available for some Samsung devices. Samsung Music Hub was discontinued on July 1, 2014.
• Amazon announces an exit phase of the music uploaded on their Amazon Music Storage on December 18, 2017.

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See also

• List of music software

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia