According to CNet the RIAA has shut down Muxtape. Sigh……
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That’s really depressing. I never used Muxtape, but it sucks to see it get taken down for the wrong reasons.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:14 pmawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pmBecause new music is bad, obviously.
We wouldn’t possibly want people to experience new music, because then they might actually buy some of the stuff.
August 19th, 2008 at 3:45 amRIAA’s the music industry equivalent of the tobacco lobby. Discuss.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:51 amRIAA is (most likely) shutting down Pandora as well:
August 19th, 2008 at 1:59 pmhttp://gizmodo.com/5038049/pandora-internet-radio-cant-take-royalty-rates-will-likely-close-the-box
Join my CD boycott: http://simmantics.blogspot.com/2008/08/boycot-cds.html
August 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pmhttp://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/muxtape-gets-shut-down-pandora-might-get-shut-down-everyone-is-pissed-off-a-call-for-patronage
August 19th, 2008 at 4:20 pm>
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August 19th, 2008 at 9:45 pm[...] In a mashup culture all manner of digital and graphic goodies get mashed. Mashup artists run along a tightrope that is pinned at one end by copyright law and the other by fair use doctrines. There is no safety net not even under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA]. If a copyright holder feels her work has been infringed then out go the takedown letters followed by legal action if the perp doesn’t roll over and submit. See the news about Muxtape being taken down by the RIAA. [...]
August 20th, 2008 at 9:28 amI can’t fight the urge to express that this arguably 1999 all over again…and we all know what happened the last time the RIAA confronted a ‘Digital Music Revolution’…although this time we can’t blame Hillary Rosen…damn it all! :)
August 20th, 2008 at 9:41 am[...] In a mashup culture all manner of digital and graphic goodies get mashed. Mashup artists run along a tightrope that is pinned at one end by copyright law and the other by fair use doctrines. There is no safety net not even under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA]. If a copyright holder feels her work has been infringed then out go the takedown letters followed by legal action if the perp doesn’t roll over and submit. See the news about Muxtape being taken down by the RIAA. [...]
August 20th, 2008 at 9:48 amTime to add Opentape to the mix, at least for local hosting of files we want to show off:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080826-opentape-invites-riaa-to-play-whack-a-mole-post-muxtape.html
I suppose the RIAA still represents too many people making too much money to get with the times and spend their time & energy thinking up new ways to squeeze pennies from anyone they can.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:45 pm