techcrunch.com — Word is going around that the RIAA asked social music service Last.fm for data about its user’s listening habits to find people with unreleased tracks on their computers. And Last.fm, which is owned by CBS, actually handed the data over to the RIAA.
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t0x2cFeb 21, 2009
@AirRaven it's been proven time and time again that they cannot.
weefredFeb 21, 2009
Don't forget IP and Email addresses.
Closed AccountFeb 21, 2009
"You can't bury a story you have undugg"FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
mamboboyFeb 21, 2009
Close call. OMG imagine if it'd went all the way!!!
sowicb00Feb 21, 2009
ooh! shiny! :)
wistykittyFeb 21, 2009
I don't even know why people would care, since last.fm can scrobble things you listen to online, such as from the hype machine(web radio that frequently broadcasts unlreased or unofficial versions of songs posted to music blogs), which may play you unreleased music. So the most incriminating thing (were this true, which if you look at what last.fm has to say, is not) that they could say is that you listened to the song, not even that you downloaded it yourself.
drleephdFeb 22, 2009
awesome!
jordantneffFeb 22, 2009
The one thing they can't record is the legitimacy of the song you're playing. You could be playing the CD on your computer, a legally downloaded mp3, a pirated mp3 - guess what, they don't know, there's no way for them to know because the only things scrobbled are the artist name, the album title, and the song title according to what your music player says it is.So yeah, I don't care if the RIAA knows what I listen to, they can check out my musical tastes all they want, but guess what... that tells them nothing at all.