RIAA speaks on Muxtape: Illegal content
Illegal content. That’s why the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) took down the online music mix tape maker Muxtape yesterday, it said in a statement to Portfolio’s Sam Gustin. While this is hardly surprising to many of us, it’s odd that Muxtape said yesterday that it was under the impression that no artist or label had complained about the music sharing service.
The RIAA paints a different picture:
“For the past several months, we have communicated… Continue Reading
8tracks makes it easy to mix your own music play lists, and do it legally; 3,000 passes to early beta here
The music labels haven’t made it easy for unauthorized web sites to stream music on the web. But David Porter, the founder of 8tracks, has figured out a way around the copyright law obstacles to deliver a useful and legal sharing service to music fans.
New York-based 8tracks capitalizes on the same right that radio stations have to play live music over the air: it’s OK to stream recorded music over the web, as long as… Continue Reading