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There are hundreds of ways to get free music that haven't had the same explosive growth rate as turntable. I think the article is right in that they've done ver
by noisebleed 15y ago
There are hundreds of ways to get free music that haven't had the same explosive growth rate as turntable. I think the article is right in that they've done very well with subtle but surprisingly deep social aspects.
I do think they have a huge legal problem looming, especially with regards to letting you play tracks others have uploaded. Google and Amazon are already fighting the 'public performance of copyrighted works' issue, and turntable is far more blatant.
- andrewcross 15y agoI agree that it's not the free music aspect that drives Turntable. It's that social recognition for a good song. I was using it with another member of my startup on Friday (before it was banned in Canada) and we created our own room. Literally just the two of us rocking out trading songs. If someone's song sucked, we'd chirp the other person. It makes listening to music fun, which was previously lacking. Definitely agree on the legal problem here. The whole non-US shutdown doesn't look promising.