‘Their is all over SoundCloud, and it’s essentially too hard to police but that doesn’t mean they won’t start ,’ the source relayed. īut sources insist there are serious steps that labels can take, and according to one of the sources, major labels are not at all comfortable with the ‘DMCA funny business’ arrangement anymore. The only problem is that rights owners are responsible for notifying SoundCloud each and every time an infraction occurs, which is essentially impossible. “The rules are pretty simple: as long as a process exists to eliminate content that is flagged by the content owner, SoundCloud steers clear of any legal entanglements. This disclosure was followed by some venting over the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In a related development, Digital Music News (or as I affectionately call the site, “Rightsholder Music News”) reports that SoundCloud is involved “in serious licensing discussions with major labels and publishers.” Sources? They will “remain confidential,” DMN says. This further confirms my already fairly strong perception that copyright and performance royalty rates are the lead ceiling hanging over Internet radio’s head-to some extent a form of protectionism for AM/FM radio. Last week we noted a music sharing application tweet counter that placed Last.fm at number three in Twitter mention popularity over the last year and a half or so. What’s particularly unfortunate about all this is that Last.fm is still popular. The only way to access Spotify from Canada is to use a VPN or proxy to hide the fact you are in Canada.” “Spotify is not currently nor has ever been available in Canada. “You might want to fact check the claim that Canada is one of Spotify’s largest markets,” one reader quickly chimed in. Late last year The Wall Street Journal ran a piece about Spotify expansion in 20 countries.
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Thus there are websites like “How to Get It In Canada” which offer instructions on how to use VPN sites like “Hide My Ass” to access Pandora, Spotify, and other Internet audio/video goodies (I’m not endorsing or recommending these services, just noting their existence).Ĭanadians are understandably tetchy about all this. Why no Pandora in Canada? “Astronomical” royalty fees, says Pandora founder Tim Westergren. The “get an American IP” generically refers to availing oneself of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server to make Spotify or Pandora think that it is in the United States or somewhere else where it is available.
I will no longer subscribe after this month, what is the point? I guess I’ll try Deezer or get an American IP.” I’m going to have to figure out where I’m going to listen to music. As an American living in Canada where everything is off limits or more expensive for some inexplicable reason (other than the CTRC), this is an especially low blow. Last.Fm was the only decent service available. “We don’t have access to Spotify or Pandora, etc.
“You’re complete screwing over Canadian listeners,” one complained: That means the company won’t be streaming content through its own servers, just third party stuff, mostly from YouTube and Spotify. “We understand that many of you will not like this decision,” a Last.fm forum post announced on Wednesday. On April 28, Last.fm will shut down its subscription radio stream. By Matthew Lasar on Main Internet radio, InternetDJ, Mobile Radio, Streaming Radio
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