8tracks - lovely site for sharing tunes (legally)
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Topic: 8tracks - lovely site for sharing tunes (legally)
Posted By: The Hemulen
Subject: 8tracks - lovely site for sharing tunes (legally)
Date Posted: February 25 2012 at 09:44
I never know where to put these sorts of threads, so apologies to admin if they deem it inappropriate for this section.
So, http://8tracks.com" rel="nofollow - 8tracks may just be my new favourite thing. It's the spiritual successor to the sadly deceased muxtape, in which users can upload and compile their own online mixtapes, but with a better search function and some inevitable facebook-y social networky-ness tacked on for good measure. I've uploaded one mix so far (the usual http://8tracks.com/hemulist/odds-sods" rel="nofollow - cocktail of wonky pop and far out prog which makes up the core of my musical taste these days) and I'm already plotting my next.
I urge each and every one of you to take twenty minutes or so to cobble together your own mixes, be they themed or scattershot, and share them in this here thread.
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 25 2012 at 10:33
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Is this really legal though? Surely if you are mixing other people's copyrighted recordings and uploading them, there remains a copyright issue?
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: February 25 2012 at 11:15
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't profess to understand all the ins and outs of this, but it seems to me they're doing their best to make this legit. http://8tracks.com/copyright" rel="nofollow - http://8tracks.com/copyright
Ultimately, this has got to be better than sharing tracks via Youtube (which we all do incessantly on PA), as they at least attempt to pay royalties (to my knowledge, youtube doesn't do this, with the possible exception of official major label music videos). Now, admittedly those royalties are going to be infinitesimal at times, and in the case of more obscure artists that are hard to track down, they may never reach them or their labels, but this seems to be on the same level as Spotify, Last.fm and other legal streaming services.
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