Another great social media sharing service taken out by the RIAA.
This is very sad indeed.
When is the RIAA going to get it?
When people share and hear new stuff, they often BUY IT!!!
IMHO this is another stupid action against music consumers.
The RIAA is again shooting themselves in the foot, further annoying and alienating the very consumers they rely upon for their existence.
Nic Brisbourne
· 1 year ago
A lot of the ones that will survive are cutting deals with the labels that undermine the attractiveness of the venture in the first place, from a financial point of view.
By playing this game the record labels are succeeding in generating short term revenues and getting a slice of the digital action, so I can't see it changing soon. Long term it is bad news for the industry though - hence the rise of deals where bands bypass the labels altogether - e.g. Pince with the Daily Mail here in the UK last year and a recent AC/DC deal for exclusive distribution of their new album in the US via Walmart.
Abbi Vakil
· 1 year ago
Too bad about Muxtape and Pandora but I'm kinda getting tired of the RIAA being referred to as an entity that is "alienating the very consumers they rely upon for their existence." The truth is that their customer is not us music listeners but the bands & songwriters & music labels who pay fees to the RIAA. What are we going to do if they continue suing file up-loaders and shutting down music services? Stop listening to music? The RIAA could sue every one of us and they would still not alienate anyone because frankly we have no remedy against them. So I wish we would all stop whining about the RIAA and instead patronize the ITMS more and Limewire less. I doubt that will happen but it sure would stop the RIAA from getting even more aggressive :-(
Prometheus
· 1 year ago
It doesn't have any effect on music lol, most users who use pandora, muxtape and friends pirate music anyway.
Alex Drewniak
· 1 year ago
So sad.
Loved Muxtape.
The simplicity was stunning.
devicerandom
· 1 year ago
Copyright as we know it must simply cease to exist. That's the only solution.
citygrrl
· 1 year ago
RIAA may claim to represent songwriters and artist but they generally advocate for themselves and the studios. They do a great disservice to all their professed constituents currently- except maybe themselves - but failing to think beyond litigation.
I NEVER buy anything licensed now unless through a non-RIAA outlet. I did buy Radiohead just to support the effort.
deusdiabolus
· 1 year ago
What will quite possibly happen is that in the end, you'll have two groups of musicians. One will be the group represented by the Copyright Alliance, which will consist of artists that have withstood the test of time and new acts that have been carefully groomed and tweaked to sell records. The other group will be independents and netlabels, who either rely exclusively on digital download/merchandising/tour sales for income or only release music to release music and accept donations.
Eventually, people will start to realize that one of those groups is more creative and innovative than the other. Unless, of course, all people really want is a new way to relive their youth again.
AdamZand
· 1 year ago
Umm, do we really need a company to do this?
Ryan
· 1 year ago
We recently launched an internet radio platform called Highnote. We think copyrighted and indie content can coexist within a scalable business model. At the core of the service is the promotional platform we're building which is designed specifically for streaming music. Labels and independent artists get promotional exposure for their new music in the most natural way – played directly after artists that are similar. Ex: I am an unsigned band that cites Coldplay and U2 as influences, I can promote my track into streams after listeners hear songs by those artists.
The crucial thing here is that revenue is cost-per-click based rather than cost-per-play, so a) bands/labels pay only for qualified traffic to their web sites, which they monetize directly via music & merchandise sales and b) the listener experience is optimized by setting thresholds for click-through rates.
As a musician myself, I'm am totally for social music concepts like muxtape.
It's a really great way of spreading our music and yes, ultimately lead to sales to cds and show.
RIAA is crap.
dawn
· 1 year ago
I find all -- and I mean ALL -- of my new music via the internet. Either I'm streaming radio, hitting the mp3 blogs (god bless hypem.com) or browsing muxtape. I'm a major music consumer and if anything all the free music has just broadened the way I spend my dollar.
Matt Martin
· 1 year ago
We've linked to this post via our web buzz section. It's great to see someone as big as Mashable! showing their support for Muxtape and the great service that they offer. Please visit as at SaveMuxtape.com and spread the word. Together we can bring them back.
denisr
· 1 year ago
:(
that was the last place for me to find out new music.... I also bought a couple of CD after findind a couple of great artists from that site
All Comments
This is very sad indeed.
When is the RIAA going to get it?
When people share and hear new stuff, they often BUY IT!!!
IMHO this is another stupid action against music consumers.
The RIAA is again shooting themselves in the foot, further annoying and alienating the very consumers they rely upon for their existence.
By playing this game the record labels are succeeding in generating short term revenues and getting a slice of the digital action, so I can't see it changing soon. Long term it is bad news for the industry though - hence the rise of deals where bands bypass the labels altogether - e.g. Pince with the Daily Mail here in the UK last year and a recent AC/DC deal for exclusive distribution of their new album in the US via Walmart.
Loved Muxtape.
The simplicity was stunning.
That's the only solution.
I NEVER buy anything licensed now unless through a non-RIAA outlet. I did buy Radiohead just to support the effort.
Eventually, people will start to realize that one of those groups is more creative and innovative than the other. Unless, of course, all people really want is a new way to relive their youth again.
The crucial thing here is that revenue is cost-per-click based rather than cost-per-play, so a) bands/labels pay only for qualified traffic to their web sites, which they monetize directly via music & merchandise sales and b) the listener experience is optimized by setting thresholds for click-through rates.
we're at http://www.highnoteradio.com
It's a really great way of spreading our music and yes, ultimately lead to sales to cds and show.
RIAA is crap.
that was the last place for me to find out new music.... I also bought a couple of CD after findind a couple of great artists from that site