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>> But the underlying issue is that those DJ tracks many times technically did need permission from copyright holders to be posted. What the parent and I are s
by k-mcgrady 9y ago
>> But the underlying issue is that those DJ tracks many times technically did need permission from copyright holders to be posted.
What the parent and I are saying though is that DJ mixes were a small part of the content in the early days. It wasn't created to host DJ mixes or marketed as that initially. Producers/songwriters/amateurs were the bulk of the content. SoundCloud could have built a decent business by banning copyrighted material and only dealing with original works. There was never any need to get into the messy licensing business.