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The nail in the coffin for me was when they started wiping out the massive collection of mashups that had been uploaded. Once they got in bed with the record la
by dsl 9y ago
The nail in the coffin for me was when they started wiping out the massive collection of mashups that had been uploaded. Once they got in bed with the record labels and started taking down anything that even remotely resembled another song it all went to hell (things that, mind you, existed just fine on YouTube).
- dwiechert 9y agoAgreed. This was their bread and butter for a long time. Now it's mostly electronic artists which also cross-post on other sites.
- tomcam 9y agoHow could they do it without violating copyright? And I wonder if artists would prefer to have control over what mashup's are made with their own music? Not trying to be snarky. These are sincere questions
- rhizome 9y agoThey could do it by licensing them in a simple process with reasonable and non-discriminatory rates. I wonder if artists would prefer to have control over what mashup's are made with their own music? This is called "moral rights" and US copyright law does not have them.