It seems like most of the beef that people have with my talk revolves around the semantics of what a "music startup" is. Semantic arguments can end up being fa

It seems like most of the beef that people have with my talk revolves around the semantics of what a "music startup" is. Semantic arguments can end up being fairly tedious... It is a complex issue because even if you don't deal with label music, there are still copyright issues. I personally would draw the line at "recorded music". If a startup does not deal with recorded music (ie streaming, downloads, mashups) they are mostly OK. One caveat, there are also publishing rights issues around things like lyrics, tablature, etc. Songkick does not deal with any of these issues, and I don't get the feeling that thesixtyone does either. Also, if people get the idea that I don't understand the opportunity for independent musicians etc. please research SNOCAP, a company that I partnered with for years, ended up acquiring, and also ran. That company, despite having the star power of Sean Fanning & Ron Conway, was _VERY_ difficult. SNOCAP was promoted by MySpace, which was the #1 website at the time, as well as the #1 place for indie bands. MySpace promoted SNOCAP heavily etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOCAP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOCAP