By: jenny saw

jenny saw — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:56:26 +0000

50.000 users? i do not believe it. The idea is simply a total failure. Who wants to listen the playlist of your neighbor? Please lets be serious. Second you plan such a service and you are not aware of copyright issues, and licensing deals with collecting societies BEFORE launching your platform?
Is this a joke? Sorry guys, another time…

By: omillais

omillais — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:50:28 +0000

People have long been able, with various ad-hoc systems, streamed their own selections of unlicensed music to each other, via so-called ‘pirate web radio’ or whatever … so obviously there’s a niche to fill with a legal service. Along comes this company, doing the labels’ work for them and providing a service that made it really easy for people to stream fully licensed music to each other in little temporary, non-download webcasts. So far, so good; clearly it was yet another revenue stream for the labels, and a legal alternative to piracy (for this type of ‘hey listen to this music I picked out’ situation) where there was none before … and lo, it has to shut down because the major labels are run by morons who can’t just be like “great!”, treat it like a prototype or future acquisition target, and all the while be getting a simple percentage of revenue. No, they need certain minimums or it’s not worth their while. What a crock. Why should anyone even bother trying to go legal or provide legal services for others? Seriously, why bother? The industry will provide you with no support whatsoever, so why should we feel like we owe them anything? If you want to play specific selections of music for your friends, just play it for them, any way you can.

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