SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
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Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#2Does this mean they'll finally stop their absolutely ridiculous policy of removing mixtapes and remixes of popular songs, and of shutting down the accounts of "offenders"?
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#3Does this mean they'll finally stop their absolutely ridiculous policy of removing mixtapes and remixes of popular songs, and of shutting down the accounts of "offenders"?
Yes, but they'll put ads in front of them and give the money to the rights holder, which is not a hindrance producers who create original material will have to suffer with.
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#4I think it's absolutely ridiculous that SoundCloud gets into the ring to compete with Spotify, Apple Music et al. SoundCloud shines for small musicians, independents, for actually building a community around music. The other players don't do this. I blame VC money. Let's see if they can partner with the big labels and avoid watering down what makes them unique.
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#5I think it's absolutely ridiculous that SoundCloud gets into the ring to compete with Spotify, Apple Music et al. SoundCloud shines for small musicians, independents, for actually building a community around music. The other players don't do this. I blame VC money. Let's see if they can partner with the big labels and avoid watering down what makes them unique.
This isn't about competing with Spotify. This about having the major labels on board so people can remix and play with and use that content without Soundcloud getting sued into oblivion. Maybe you'll find all of Kanye's albums now added into Soundcloud as well but the point is to allow Soundcloud to continue as it is - and that was never going to happen without some kind of subscription. They have gazillions in VC funding and have to find a way to monetise the site.
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#6Does this mean they'll finally stop their absolutely ridiculous policy of removing mixtapes and remixes of popular songs, and of shutting down the accounts of "offenders"?
Yes, but they'll put ads in front of them and give the money to the rights holder, which is not a hindrance producers who create original material will have to suffer with.
As a remix artist myself, my experience from youtube (which I believe have similar deals in place) is that rights owners will tolerate (i.e. monetize) straight copies of their work, but many remixes, mashups and cutups get blocked. Which is sad because I feel the opposite would be more beneficial to pop culture as a whole (i.e. more interaction, variation and interpretation, less passive consumption of blockbuster hits).
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#7Hmm, IIRC they had a surprisingly open streaming API (raw .mp3 stream). Doubt that will be staying. :(
Edit: I see that API still exists at the moment. I wonder how that works with the ads they have running on the website. Do you currently get no ads if you use a custom player which uses that API?
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but they'll put ads in front of them and give the money to the rights holder, which is not a hindrance producers who create original material will have to suffer with.
As a remix artist myself, my experience from youtube (which I believe have similar deals in place) is that rights owners will tolerate (i.e. monetize) straight copies of their work, but many remixes, mashups and cutups get blocked. Which is sad because I feel the opposite would be more beneficial to pop culture as a whole (i.e. more interaction, variation and interpretation, less passive consumption of blockbuster hi…
Echoing thoughts from one of the best documentaries of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a remix artist myself, my experience from youtube (which I believe have similar deals in place) is that rights owners will tolerate (i.e. monetize) straight copies of their work, but many remixes, mashups and cutups get blocked. Which is sad because I feel the opposite would be more beneficial to pop culture as a whole (i.e. more interaction, variation and interpretation, less passive consumption of blockbuster hi…
Echoing thoughts from one of the best documentaries of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac
I wonder how many times that has been removed, blocked, or otherwise interfered with by Big Music.
Re: SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a remix artist myself, my experience from youtube (which I believe have similar deals in place) is that rights owners will tolerate (i.e. monetize) straight copies of their work, but many remixes, mashups and cutups get blocked. Which is sad because I feel the opposite would be more beneficial to pop culture as a whole (i.e. more interaction, variation and interpretation, less passive consumption of blockbuster hi…
Echoing thoughts from one of the best documentaries of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac
The content I suppose is interesting if a bit pretentious, but the voice over is like nails on a chalkboard.