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beetsnotbeats
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Re: last.fm January 24, 2008 at 07:24 PM UTC #
U-CaulthysMusic

Now scrobbling for your listening confusion.
xneverwherex
Joined: September 27, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: last.fm January 24, 2008 at 08:31 PM UTC #
http://www.last.fm/user/xneverwherex

some of my friends swear by last.fm so ive gotten to using it all the time. esp since we all keep track of what shows we're going to see.
Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 3745
Re: last.fm January 24, 2008 at 11:16 PM UTC #
Apparently my musical compatibility with some of you is low or very low… that makes my inner Baby Jesus cry :(
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: last.fm January 24, 2008 at 11:29 PM UTC #
Originally posted by kosmo:
although I think this is cooler service
http://www.boomshuffle.com/profile/?id=5200
Agreed, but does SNOCAP have a deal with the majors in place? I haven't read that they do which is why I'm skeptical as to how long they'll be around.
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: last.fm January 25, 2008 at 12:06 AM UTC #
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by kosmo:
although I think this is cooler service
http://www.boomshuffle.com/profile/?id=5200
Agreed, but does SNOCAP have a deal with the majors in place? I haven't read that they do which is why I'm skeptical as to how long they'll be around.
They must some sort of agreement in place as they are doing digital distribution for a number of major label artists….
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: last.fm January 25, 2008 at 12:17 AM UTC #
Originally posted by kosmo:
They must some sort of agreement in place as they are doing digital distribution for a number of major label artists….
SNOCAP has a deal with Myspace as the sole distributor, and the bands/labels have a deal with MySpace to distribute their music via myspace, but I'm not sure that SNOCAP, by virtue of that deal, necessarily has a deal with the artists (individual artists will vary of course, say if SNOCAP provided distribution on the artists official web site). But does that translate into distribution via unlimited streaming on a separate web site, where presumably SNOCAP would make a profit? I would doubt it, otherwise every other music retailer (MS, Apple, Amazon, Rhapsody, Emusic, etc.) would stream the whole song and not just 30 second clips.

This is of course, pure speculation on my part, but I would venture to guess that boomshuffle is "Beta" until that gets worked out. If Boom Shuffle had an agreement of unlimited streaming of the music to it's members, it would have been big news, and I didn't hear a peep about it. A deal like that is unprecedented.

Don't get me wrong, it would be awesome, but I just don't think it exists.
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: last.fm January 25, 2008 at 01:24 AM UTC #
Well at least Boomshuffle and SNOCAP have the air of legitimacy about them vs several of the other playlist based sites I've run across. Especially a couple of them which allow users to upload their own music without any indication obvious mention of copyright ownership being required.

Doing a little more diggin indicates that Boomshuffle is using SNOCAP's Digital Registry or Catalog, so one would think that there is some sort of agreement to use the tracks. Clearly Boomshuffle is an interest widget that be added a variety of social network pages…
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