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- max1018, on 08/19/2008, -2/+99***** the RIAA! ***** them all!
- shaunchapman, on 08/19/2008, -0/+57I love how the RIAA is pressuring Muxtape yet no artists or labels have complained about it.
From Muxtape's Tumbler:
http://muxtape.tumblr.com/post/46472068
"No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned."
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxtape
"[...]Ouellette states that Muxtape is different from the likes of Napster: 'Its intended purpose is to introduce you to new music that you would then hopefully go and buy.' He reports that he has spoken with many record labels who are excited about Muxtape's ability to bring new music to consumers." - cbrophy78, on 08/19/2008, -2/+40Crap I haven't even had a chance to try out the site.
- Daumen, on 08/19/2008, -0/+37This is really too bad. Of all music sites, Muxtape worked in a way that didn't really threaten the RIAA's business at all and it encouraged a very large amount of user appreciation/interaction with the music (in making all those short lived playlists).
- mCanada, on 08/20/2008, -1/+25Hmm lets see: last.fm went to *****, Pandora's near death (+ Canadians never could use it thx) , streaming radio is being killed off, Plays for Sure licenses were revoked, a hitman has been sent to mixtape, no one takes trips to box CD stores anymore because they are too busy with a second job paying off their lawsuit settlements from RIAA suits and iTunes has 2 million different versions of John Mayer....WHY DO PEOPLE TORRENT?
- JoeF8577, on 08/19/2008, -5/+27Too bad this is the first I've heard of this site!
- braininabox, on 08/19/2008, -0/+20The RIAA is the crusty old man standing in the way of inevitable change.
When will the RIAA realize they are fighting a losing battle. - phr0stbyte, on 08/19/2008, -0/+15give me back my muxtape! unlike napster/torrenting i've actually purchased music i've discovered on that site. it's not like you can pirate songs from it, so i don't understand why the RIAA would care.
this makes me want to spend money on music even less. - ichchappycat, on 08/19/2008, -0/+15Seconded.
- Zincyams, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11But the RIAA only provides artists with the fair compensation they deserve; without resorting to scare tactics or ridiculous lawsuits.
Oh wait. - lobsterxcore, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8muxtape owns :(
- sockpuppets, on 08/19/2008, -1/+9The home page of digg is like that scene in the matrix where the cat goes by. repeatedly.
- DeathJux, on 08/19/2008, -1/+9No, Pandora's problem is the newly revised royalty fees for Internet radio, which isn't quite the same as the reason Muxtape is being harassed.
The RIAA is definitely at the root of each, but it was a law passed that's bungling up Pandora. - fromedome, on 08/19/2008, -1/+9Hoping this isn't a prank. That would be lame.
- Scopitone, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7It's true. For now...
http://www.mixwit.com/scopitone - iamcitiz3n, on 08/19/2008, -1/+8the motion carries.
- BryanQ, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5Mixwit.com is a decent alternative to Muxtape.
- filldeviant, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5Goddammit, this *****'s getting out of hand. I'm tired of every good thing I find on the internet being shut down by some bitchy corporation. This sounds totally hippie, but the corporations have way too much power. Let the artists speak for themselves, not a corporation with a big bent dick trying to ***** us all in the ass.
They're just screwing themselves over. To ThePirateBay! - nodehopper, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5Use a site like www.cdbaby.com They allow independent artists to sell their own music and bypass the record industry completely. Music does not need the RIAA any more...new tech....new business model.......make the RIAA dinosaur extinct.....support the artists directly!!!!
- biged123543, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5I pay for all my music and i found Muxtape to be a great way to discover new music. Plus they link to a place where you can buy the music. Way to go RIAA!
- swedutch, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Still got sites like mixwit and songza thankfully. booo riaa
- Rekzai, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4I know many mainstream artists that use muxtape. Travis McCoy from GCH for example has a link to his muxtape on his blog.
- quii, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Going to illegally download some music tonight to stick it to them.
- turbodork, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Dagumitt! I just finally got my Captain Beefheart vs. Captain & Tennille party mix just the way I likes it.
- AndrewDB, on 08/19/2008, -3/+6Pandora links to where you can buy music from Amazon and Itunes, but the RIAA still has a problem with it.
- enotswhat, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3you sir must not have understood how muxtape worked
- namelessNN, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3i would actually start believing in god if, miraculously, all the members of the RIAA dropped dead at the same time.
- costpercopy, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Honestly, I was right in the middle of a killer mix when this happened. Muxtape is without a doubt, one of the best internet sites ever. RIAA can go fly a kite!
- Darkaged, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3That hate level way surpasses 9000.
- wonderbriefs, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2That would only make me believe in arsenic.
- phr0stbyte, on 08/19/2008, -1/+3pandora finds songs that are similar to the artist/song you start with.
muxtape is a 12 song digital mixtape uploaded by users.
the problem i always had with pandora is i don't want a bunch of songs that all sound the same. if you found a user on muxtape that had similar interests in music as you, then you would usually get a lot more variation. - DestroyFascism, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2RIAA executive 1. Look there is some music on the internet.
RIAA executive 2 Guilty, lets sue them.
RIAA executive 3 What if the site is legitimate?
RIAA executive 1. RIAA executive 2 Gwahahahahaha...
RIAA executive 3 No I mean it...
RIAA executive 2 Guilty, lets sue them. What are they going to do..take us to court? Spend $120 k defending themselves over a $2k fine?
Moral of the story. The lawyers win no matter what...either way, you are screwed.. - sarchosis, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2That's funny, because the reason everyone hates the RIAA is because of how conservative they are, unwilling to adapt to new business models.
- nickbr00tality, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2*site.
- KingHarvest00, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2how do you go from PAYOLA to ***** on free publicity in under 50 years
- DThatsMe, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Hmm. I never got to use this before. Hope things are up and running to because I want to.
- MAG1CO, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1***** bastards, they take away muxtape I might actually have to kill them this time instead of just say I want to kill them. Ruining all the fun!
- Elranzer, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Indeed, the RIAA are quite conservative. You'd think the Liberals would be your allies in this fight.
- bbqsalad, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1the RIAA are these companies and these are the companies to boycott:
# Sony BMG Music Entertainment
# Universal Music Group
# Warner Music Group
# EMI
Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy'
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/recording ...
RIAA moves to reduce artist royalty payments
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/12/06/riaa ...
Webcasting royalties: indies v. majors
http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2007/07/webca ...
Senators to SoundExchange: Don't use negotiations to demand DRM
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070806-sena ...
AND THE BEST MOVE BY THE RIAA EVER, EVERYONE PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND!
RIAA Claims Ownership of All Artist Royalties For Internet Radio
http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/29/0335224.shtm ...
"With the furor over the impending rate hike for Internet radio stations, wouldn't a good solution be for streaming internet stations to simply not play RIAA-affiliated labels' music and focus on independent artists? Sounds good, except that the RIAA's affiliate organization SoundExchange claims it has the right to collect royalties for any artist, no matter if they have signed with an RIAA label or not. 'SoundExchange (the RIAA) considers any digital performance of a song as falling under their compulsory license. If any artist records a song, SoundExchange has the right to collect royalties for its performance on Internet radio. Artists can offer to download their music for free, but they cannot offer their songs to Internet radio for free ... So how it works is that SoundExchange collects money through compulsory royalties from Webcasters and holds onto the money. If a label or artist wants their share of the money, they must become a member of SoundExchange and pay a fee to collect their royalties.'"
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ - ddotccDPU, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1What is going to happen to Pandora? from what I hear this is a similar site, tho I have never been there myself.
- electrifried, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1wow seriously who the ***** runs the RIAA??? What century are they living in here!?
- Dinger, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2RIAA, Welcome to the internet, it wanted to be your friend but you done pissed it off....
- mulling, on 08/20/2008, -2/+3100 years from now, RIAA will be a horrible swear word.
"Watch where you're going you RIAAbag!"
"What in the RIAA is going on here?"
"I drank ten shots of tequila...I'm all RIAA and *****!"
"Your mother worked for a RIAA member!"
"Eat a bucket of RIAA!"
It'll be illegal to say the word RIAA around children. Seriously, it's amazing how badly that organization (which cosists of EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, et al) has mangled its members' PR. - ralphthemagi, on 08/19/2008, -3/+4We all know that the old Muxtape is gone. It will return in the form of 30-second samples.
- xSledgewick, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1I definitely agree. I can honestly say I bought at least three albums just from listening to various artists I found through it. Rob Dobi had a killer muxtape that I enjoyed and I had to get some of the music.
- tisk, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Cool site, I'm gonna have to bookmark it :)
- funkytaco, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1I've been working on http://www.audiodisco.com/ I do not promote illegal filesharing, I just aggregate music and video hosted by music blogs and video blogs.
Still buggy. - wonderbriefs, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1You know you can create multiple stations, right?
- myhandleondigg, on 08/20/2008, -1/+1Who didn't see this coming the day that muxtape opened? I'm shocked it lasted more than a week.
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