Muxtape RIP? Noooooooooooooooooooo
Another post by Geoffrey Ellis:
Looks like the RIAA has shut down the user generated audio streaming mixtape site Muxtape.com for the time being. A note on the front page of the site says:
"Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA."
And the August 18th Muxtape blogpost says: "No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned. Beta users of Muxtape For Bands: you are unaffected by this outage."
I can't find much other info on the muxtape situation other than my assumption that the RIAA can't find a way to play nicely with the new realities of music dissemination. I imagine it has to do with the fees
associated with streaming audio (the streaming cost of one song currently runs $0.0008). Anyone else have any info? Sad to see it go. Hopefully it will be back in it's same awesome state and not some sucky watered-down version.
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NOOOOOOOO!!!
Muxtape is my second favorite service on the internet next to Tumblr. Hopefully they'll be able to work something out with the *&#($@ RIAA.
Posted by: Sam Purtill | August 18, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Noooooooooooooo! I didn't even get to upload the new Madonna album.
Posted by: Yianni Garcia | August 19, 2008 at 07:33 AM
fuck the RIAA. seriously. i dont normally curse but they really upset me that much.
feel free to download my music 100% free at http://agsinger.com
and share it and rebroadcast it free.
thanks
Posted by: Adam Singer | August 19, 2008 at 08:06 AM
normally i remove comments with swearing. but i'm letting that one stand because i so agree. like muxtape was really hurting the music industry?
Posted by: sarah lacy | August 19, 2008 at 08:11 AM
Blogged about this last night, and totally support the take that this is ridiculous and infuriating. I emphatically agree with Adam Singer.
Posted by: Mike Barash | August 19, 2008 at 09:00 AM