MSN Soapbox now closed for new users

MSN Soapbox now closed for new users

Software giant Microsoft has against closed down their MSN Soapbox digital music sharing service for new registrations.

This step has been taken by the company to concentrate on adding anti-piracy measures to the website as they do not want to get targeted by media companies around the world.

The service was opened for public beta testing sometime back and like most other similar services the service was loaded up with copyrighted videos.

MSN said that they are not allowing fresh registrations but any existing subscriber can continue to access the service.

YouTube.com is currently the market leader in the video sharing market and has been facing legal hassles from several media companies. One of the major lawsuits filed against them is by Viacom which is asking for damages worth USD 1 billion.