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Music Blogs?
How do these work. Surely the guys with the audioblogs cant get all the permissions they need. Is there some kind of unspoken agreement, as I would imagine that it would be quite good publicity for the artists
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Permalink Reply by Reno on -
They don't actually "work"; they get shut down all the time. If you're talking about music blogs that provide links to download the album...
As far as things like muxtape goes, I believe it states on the site to please only post songs you have permission to post which everyone knows that will be ignored. That statement clears muxtape of any responsibility though.
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Permalink Reply by Elliot on -
Yeah, I get what you mean. I was speaking moreso of Tuneage and other similar blogs. Tuneage is even spotlighted at the moment... nevermind. I can imagine muxtape being pretty damned weak if everyone adhered to the rules, hard pressed to find anyone reputable agreeing to all those free full quality plays.
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Permalink Reply by clovertea on -
It is possible to run a music blog just off music you have permission to use. A lot of artists, especially unsigned indie artists, do view the blogs as a form of free publicity, and will email blogs in the hopes that they'll post their music. (I ran a mp3 blog which I stopped updating about a year ago, and I would get lots of requests - and my blog was tiny.) Some of them are actually really good, and definitely deserve the free publicity.
But I think, in general, as long as the owner's careful and removes things if they get any complaints, they can keep blogging without too many worries. Music blogging of the Tuneage variety is more like the internet version of making mix tapes than mass piracy.
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Permalink Reply by candy coated on -
TUNEAGE was the one that came to mind with me as well. I was just viewing them today and noticed they put on more than one song a day. I mean I don't really see the need to have permissions at all on a site like Tumblr. For instance, I am not putting up download links ( I mean I guess I could ) but I'm putting up songs I enjoy in hopes others enjoy them too.
Not illegal. Just promoting the art. Tuneage does the same. I'd love to put up more than one song a day. I wonder if they have some deal struck with Tumblr that they're allowed to do it or something. I feel like Tumblr is still owned by a few people and not a conglomerate (ie GOOGLE). So if you email them with a request you might actually get an answer.
At least.. I think so. I hope so. Hm.
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Permalink Reply by Elliot on
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The real issue I would have if i were a major label or the like would be the fact that all the songs that are played as streams on the tumblr players are stored in your temporary internet folder. (with internet explorer anyway, anybody know for safari and firefox?)
Essentially the listener IS downloading the music and storing it on their computer.
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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One thing that many top music blogs do is to work with indie oriented PR firms (like Fanatic Promotions) who will make tracks from their clients available to the bloggers.
Other's like Tunage are in direct contact with artists they would like to post to get an MP3 or permission.
Some are approached by the artist for consideration.
Some take non of these steps and just post what they have bought or P2P'd. These would not be legal but for the most part are ignored unless they post something from a major label.
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