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Last.fm response: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/535934/_/9521312 http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/535934/_/9521312

• radu_floricica 17y ago
  It would help if somewhere in there they actually said they didn't do it. edit (from the comments): >They'd still have to ask for the data linking scrobblers to IP addresses, which they have not done. Asking for that data would raise red flags on my end...
  • sounddust 17y ago
    Yes, I agree. Both TC and last.fm are speaking in non-commital terms that would allow them to easily back out of anything they said. It would be nice if last.fm just said "Neither last.fm nor CBS has ever transmitted any data to the RIAA which was not already publicly available" or something like that.
    • dcurtis 17y ago
      Scrobbing data is publicly available, so even that has holes.
    • russss 17y ago
      I understand why my previous post would have seemed non-committal (especially when you pull out certain soundbites), so I've denied it again in stronger terms: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/535934/_/9525592 http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/535934/_/9525592
      • sounddust 17y ago
        Great; I think that is exactly the kind of direct statement everyone was waiting to hear. I now feel pretty much the same way about the issue as I did 3 months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=489805 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=489805 , although I suppose it's not just about Erick Schonfeld anymore.