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The RIAA shutting down Muxtape story still has me seething as it is emblematic of more than just wrong-headed thinking within the recording industry; it goes against the very grain of music discovery that leads to music sales. Terrestrial radio used to fulfill this need very well until it became co-opted [...]
When Muxtape was assailed by the RIAA I felt nothing more than depressed. Not confused, not surprised, depressed. The idiocy was so transparently obvious it beggared belief. Dumb and dumber.
I didn’t get too vocal about it I just linked to Muxtape’s man-behind-the-scenes, Justin’s blog. Meanwhile Sasha Frere-Jones tore into the RIAA on his blog [...]
Music lovers, unite! I have long felt that music sites like Pampelmoose and other MP3 blogs are the new radio. I argued as much in an essay for the IFPI site after receiving a takedown notice of my own. Justin, the man behind Muxtape has written a passionate and intelligent post explaining his love of [...]
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 [...]
According to CNet the RIAA has shut down Muxtape. Sigh……
Muxtape ran into what they called “the prefect storm” yesterday but to their credit they have been open and honest about what went wrong and how difficult it’s been to fix it -
Update #3
“We’ve narrowed down the issue, but we’re triple-checking everything to make sure it doesn’t happen again before we bring the site [...]
Here’s a sneak peek into the world of Faux Hoax.
menomena’s muxtape. yum.
post by Jon Ragel