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Posted Under: Music
Back in April I mused here about Muxtape — I liked it but wasn’t clear on certain legal issues etc. (You may recall I was not impressed by the Muxtape boilerplate: ““By uploading a song you agree that you have permission to let Muxtape use it.” Uh-huh.)
Quick update: Listening Post notes the site presently says it “will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.”
Maybe this is actually good news. It had to happen at some point, after all. So I hope they can now work something out and make it possible for the thing to continue, and for people like me to use it, in a public way, without concern, etc.
[UPDATE: A secret admirer whispers that I should just use 8Tracks.com, described here. I’ll look into that soon.]
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Reader Comments
I was really bummed to hear about this. I was an avid user and discovered some really great music through the random and endlessness of Muxtape mixes—music that I went on to purchase and bands who I’ve seen live since…The fact that no ads are placed on Muxtape and no fees were charged for listening to the music, it seems detrimental for the RIAA to attack them. They should be praising Muxtape for all the free marketing of the more obscure bands that the recording industry themselves won’t spend any money promoting.
You aren’t able to download the songs for personal use, but if you liked a track, there was a link to Amazon, where it could be purchased. The RIAA has been fighting this uphill battle since Napster and they are never going to win. The dinosaurs in that organization need to evolve.