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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 [...]
If this is just a PR stunt by Axl Rose’s handlers I have a feeling that the public image of the RIAA will once again be badly damaged. The story here doesn’t even make sense. It appears that a takedown notice was sent to Cogill in June and the songs were removed. Cogill was [...]
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……
The think tank at Nemo Design
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI). They asked me to remove a music file (MP3) of ‘Silence’ a track from Portishead. Under the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the IFPI has every right to ask me [...]