Talk:Internet Underground Music Archive

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IUMA.com itself seems to still be up and running, but I notice all of the IUMA staffs' and technical and artist support e-mails return "No such address". I sent an e-mail to their owner, Vitaminic Inc., without response. It seems there is absolutely no way to contact anyone at IUMA for anything. As a hosted artist who is unable to login to his account and can't reset his password (it relies on that stupid unsecure "hint" system) how the hell am I supposed to get these people to remove my artist page? I don't even think I can even do anything as far as legal options are concerned, as I think they're officially located in Italy or Spain or someplace. --I am not good at running 19:40, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Denial of Service?

I have a feeling that IUMA has been hit with a DoS (Denial of Service) attack by a competing website. Apparently, there is some company called eMusic who had an advertisement for independent music artist only they charge money for downloads. This is the same service as IUMA but they are charging money for something that should be free. Are we being mainipulated to buy something before we download it? This is unfair to the fans who are looking for new artists. --Bushido Hacks 14:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I deleted a set of spam links.

[edit] IUMA - and the large disappointment

IUMA is certainly a leader and pioneer in the music portal scene for independent and unsigned artists. The disappointment is that it seems to have just disappeared into thin air. This bothers me greatly. When a company has provided a valuable service to thousands and thousands of users and just disappears into the ether, it makes me wonder what the original motive was.

I have yet to see any official notice, apology, or blog about what really happened. In my own research, I've found that Peoplesound has taken all of IUMAs artists, and still does nothing except cash in on the checks that come from Google ads. Peoplesound and IUMA are both owned by the same company so it does make valid sense and it further disappoints the entire situation.

Why are artists not able to edit or upload music to Peoplesound? I think it's largely because these people really do not value the artists and their careers. I do strongly believe it's become a matter of profit for their parent company; and that's their bottom line.

I would love an opportunity to investigate and dig further in this matter and fight for all the bands, artists, and musicians who have placed their trust in IUMA. If there is a disapperance of the peoplesound site, it's because I filed a SPAM report.

Type in IUMA in google, and you'll see Peoplesound come up with some weird text that says "IUMA" and "please click here" in it's description tag. Type in peoplesound, and the description text is totally different. If you do not care about your artists and show no intent to allow them an opportunity to further their career; then remove your site from the web and make room for other sites like Music Oxygen, PureVolume, and Last.fm.

The owners of these sites (IUMA, and Peoplesound) are more than welcome to make contact and discuss this matter. They certainly owe an apology to their users. I am a worker of the Music Oxygen movement.