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Post by Josh on May 23, 2009 15:54:08 GMT
www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/deny-this-lastfm/The story from a few months ago about Last.fm handing their listening data (which IP address listened to what song and when) to the RIAA was not entirely false. In fact, it appears it was almost entirely true. CBS, the company which bought Last.fm nearly two years ago, requested all the data from Last.fm and then promptly handed it over to the RIAA, according to the above report. Basically, the RIAA is looking for people who are listening to tracks before they are available for purchase in a hope of prosecuting the individuals. So... time to stop using Last.fm? I just turned off scrobbling for me until further notice. It's the first time I've had it off since about a month after Audioscrobbler launched. =\
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Post by ŋєт™ on May 23, 2009 16:59:19 GMT
www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/deny-this-lastfm/The story from a few months ago about Last.fm handing their listening data (which IP address listened to what song and when) to the RIAA was not entirely false. In fact, it appears it was almost entirely true. CBS, the company which bought Last.fm nearly two years ago, requested all the data from Last.fm and then promptly handed it over to the RIAA, according to the above report. Basically, the RIAA is looking for people who are listening to tracks before they are available for purchase in a hope of prosecuting the individuals. So... time to stop using Last.fm? I just turned off scrobbling for me until further notice. It's the first time I've had it off since about a month after Audioscrobbler launched. =\ I don't see how that your playlist could hold up in court seeing as you could rename any song to the name of an unreleased track and it will show up like you are listening to it... |
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Post by Josh on May 23, 2009 18:01:02 GMT
www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/deny-this-lastfm/The story from a few months ago about Last.fm handing their listening data (which IP address listened to what song and when) to the RIAA was not entirely false. In fact, it appears it was almost entirely true. CBS, the company which bought Last.fm nearly two years ago, requested all the data from Last.fm and then promptly handed it over to the RIAA, according to the above report. Basically, the RIAA is looking for people who are listening to tracks before they are available for purchase in a hope of prosecuting the individuals. So... time to stop using Last.fm? I just turned off scrobbling for me until further notice. It's the first time I've had it off since about a month after Audioscrobbler launched. =\ I don't see how that your playlist could hold up in court seeing as you could rename any song to the name of an unreleased track and it will show up like you are listening to it... It likely wouldn't. But the fact that my data is not secure with them... that's enough to make me stop using their service. |
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Post by ŋєт™ on May 23, 2009 20:55:52 GMT
I agree 100% I was just making a point. I haven't used Last FM for a long time so I won't be picking it back up.
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Post by danielazarc on May 24, 2009 10:46:41 GMT
Ehh. I don't know. I think simply that the time is long overdue to set the RIAA collectively on fire and watch them all burn slowly. Then we wouldn't have to worry. Who's with me?
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Post by Josh on May 25, 2009 3:48:32 GMT
Last.fm has issued a denial (through a post on their forums, no less) and said that they find it funny that this was issued the day before a long weekend, a long weekend that CBS gives their employees off. And on top of that, it is illegal to transmit IP data from one country to another like that. So... I'm thinking TechCrunch is full of shit. Again. The owner said he smelt a slander case brewing.
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Post by danielazarc on May 25, 2009 9:56:41 GMT
...can we still set the RIAA on fire?
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Post by Josh on May 25, 2009 14:28:56 GMT
...can we still set the RIAA on fire? Go for it.  |
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