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I had a friend who had this same idea and made it pretty far down the licensing hell-hole. They ultimately failed, at least for a US market. This was 2013-14 th
by withinboredom 4y ago
I had a friend who had this same idea and made it pretty far down the licensing hell-hole. They ultimately failed, at least for a US market. This was 2013-14 though, it might actually work this time (using something like Spotify).
- epiccoleman 4y agoYeah, that seems like the low key "clever" part of the idea - instead of licensing the content, you are essentially just automating "directing the listener to play a track". It at least makes some common sense that the service could just piggyback onto a user's existing personal license for music (ultimately, how is it different than the DJ saying "ok, now play Sound Chaser"?). Does that make legal sense in a world where record labels have fancy lawyers? Idk.
- withinboredom 4y agoAs long as they are getting paid, they probably don't care. If there is some legal way for them to get paid more, then they will care, a lot. They'd probably go after the service either way to get a settlement and/or set a precedent that they should get more money; unless you somehow got their 'blessing' before embarking on the adventure (likely some kind of investment to make sure they get their money and have control). </old man rant> IIRC, he had quite the adventure. He got flown on private jets by labels all over the world, often-times, not even getting his passport checked. He said the 'other half' lives in an entirely different world and he got a taste of it. Heh, it might be worth going on the adventure just for the sake of the adventure.