torrentfreak.com — In February TechCrunch rumored that Last.fm had ratted out its users to the RIAA. Now they have another source claiming data was shared with the music industry group, including IP addresses. Without going into the validity of these allegations, we?d like to point out that this data is completely useless to the RIAA, from a legal point of view.
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shark72May 25, 2009
Then, sadly, TechCrunch's strategy is working.
philkavMay 25, 2009
Mitch Bainwol's gonna sue us 'till we pay ♫
hermmunsterMay 26, 2009
This article isn't about the RIAA. It's about CBS and Last.fm sharing the data with a known mafia style organization. Your best bet is to no longer scrobble from your library and if you insist on using last.fm only listen to music they serve. It may take you longer to build the library you want but you still can. Oh well, last.fm screwed up. Yeah, CBS did the dirty work, but Last.fm knew what they were providing and had every idea of what it could be used for. CBS, which isn't a record label, had really no need for it, so it was being provided to someone for some reason. And as they are not a record label they had no real need to provide it to the RIAA unless they were after something.Listen, this isn't rocket science. Last.fm collects massive amounts of info. They are part of a company that no longer distributes music. CBS, the parent, gave the information to a company that is known for doing nefarious things to innocent people. They are also known for their mafia style tactics in strong arming people who should really be given the right to defend themselves and to get an honest judgment, if there really is one necessary.Last.fm knowingly gave information to CBS knowing that it had to be going there for some other reason other than analysis by CBS because CBS is not a record company any longer.
1310nmMay 26, 2009
I know about scrobbling, what is the problem with it?
hermmunsterMay 26, 2009
Their major flaw, as far as bands go, is that in the 90s they signed everyone up, everyone at the RIAA knowing full well that the contract had the bands paying for everything. If the bands weren't successful and they provided insufficient income to cover expenses they'd just sue the band--which probably ends up paying for the rest of their lives.But the flaw was in signing every band they could get their hands on. Sign em up and get a record. Just sign them up. They believed we knew nothing about quality. There are artists and there are musicians. They signed up every musician they could in hopes of finding an artist in the bunch.Too bad as all it did was drive the consumer away. Then when they started loosing money they decided to sue the consumer. They should have done last.fm from the beginning with the guarantee that nothing would be used without our expressed written consent.
Closed AccountMay 27, 2009
Are you dyslexic?