MySpace is getting back into the business of blocking third party widgets, it seems – today they’ve banned embedded music widgets from the fast growing Project Playlist. But unlike previous 2006 and 2007 blocks of iMeem, Photobucket and many others, this time MySpace is doing it under threat of litigation from the major labels.
We first got word from MySpace users that their Playlist widgets are simply vanishing from their MySpace profiles earlier today. When we contacted MySpace they confirmed the ban, noting that they have received infringement notices from “major music companies”:
MySpace is an open platform that welcomes all developers to build rich and legitimate applications for its global community. We take copyright issues very seriously and our goal is to help developers build a substantial business by creating an environment that respects rights holders and protects their content.
MySpace has received notices of infringement about Project Playlist at different times from several of the major music companies currently suing Project Playlist. Per our policy of taking very seriously the requests of rights holders to block access to third party sites that are believed to be infringing, we have evaluated the requests of the major music companies and determined that it is in our best interest not to allow Project Playlist widgets on MySpace, and effective immediately, we will no longer be allowing these widgets within the MySpace platform. Any third party widgets (including any music widgets) are welcome on MySpace so long as they do not include infringing content—we encourage our users to utilize the many legitimate applications found on MySpace and across the Web.
Those major music companies are likely Warner Music, Universal Music Group and EMI, which have been in litigation with Project Playlist since April 2008. This is both a ban and a scrub, meaning users can’t add new widgets and all old widgets are being removed from the site.
Apparently this isn’t the first time the two companies have come to blows. MySpace also blocked Project Playlist earlier this year in March, but the company was able to evade the block with some success.
An industry source also confirms that Facebook has been served with the same notice of infringement. As of now, Playlist is still live on that site.
Project Playlist recently hired former Facebook exec Owen Van Natta as CEO and raised an undisclosed round of financing.
Update: More on how Facebook is handling the infringement notices.
It’s hard to understand how the music industry executives continually miss the boat. You would think after losing out on every great opportunity over the past 10 years, they would figure out how to deliver what people want, instead of what their clueless lawyers and accountants want.
Thanks… http://tinyurl.com/4rdhmc
myspace didn’t do away our playlist till they got one of their own. Myspace doesn’t have anywhere near the music I like that project playlist has. They leave much to be desired. I get the copyright shit. What I don’t get is why anyone has to be so greedy. Like these enternainers don’t make money anymore. They should be happy we are giving them so much advertisement. I will find a playlist that does not belong to myspace just because myspace wiped my playlist with no type of warning. there is a way to get project playlist back up on myspace tho. lol
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Gail Tell me how? I know it just stinks. I figured that my space did it after I went to my play list page & saw their remarks. Thanks,
Before using the Playlist.com widget, I have been the interested Playlistor.com on myspace profile. But guess what? it has been blocked without reason too in the same way early in October.
How can you still get Playlist on Myspace??
If you guys scroll down a bit, I posted a fix that’ll get you to use the playlist player on myspace again.
Where?
Where?
How convenient. Myspace is partnered with all the top labels. Was it really the labels that sent the take down notice?
the labels are confirming this, yes, and the fact that they are still suing Playlist.
I really have one question. Isn`t it right that these open platforms should have standardized regulations to be introduced to third parties prior the implementation and deployment of any application.
Another reason why MySpace is a horrible site.
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I’m not seeing any article on Yahoo launching their Open Apps. I just played Texas Hold ‘Em on My Yahoo.
It’s been out for a copule of days, you TC guys sleeping over there ??
There is something not covered here. Why are they being sued? You can listen to anything on MySpace. My assumption is that something like a playlist (also, what is this app? I’m guessing.) is too much like owning the actual music. Am I right?
I aqree myspace faWk uPp 4 dOinq dat shIt I waNt my PlayliSt baCk On mysPaCe Im hella pIsseD!
This is absolutely redic!! I spent over 2 hours creating my playlist on Playlist.com, (which might I add is a far superior playlisting engine than the hoakie half-assed myspace music playlist creator) and Myspace has the audacity to disregard the value of my time!! Ill never use them again. I am cancelling my account. This is like someone removing all links to myspace off their sites. How would that look. Are they removing slide’s playlist? I have seen unlicensed pics on their widgets, yet no removal. If you agree with me, please send a myspace message to Tom. Thanks.
the parties over.
ouchie. what percentage of traffic is myspace responsible for Project playlist? guessing 60+. ouchie.
Thanks… http://tinyurl.com/4rdhmc
Conveniently, MySpace promotes their own version of a music embedding player instead
I Have myspace and project playlist….it is currently 11:41 PM EST in VA, and am able to hear and see my playlist on myspace
Wonder What Happened?? have they already resolved it?
dude, the just totally “deleted” my project playlist, but for some reason it was still a code in my about me, but the music wouldnt play. i just got the code and re posted it and now it works again. im surprised they didnt delete my account for getting rid of the adds first! stupid myspace.
Myspace allowed my son’s step mom to create an account for him without MY permission…he’s only 10. The stepmom lied about his age, made him an account, posted his zip code where pedophiles can find us, and she even posted pictures of my child without my consent & without my son’s father’s consent. Myspace won’t remove the profile or cancel the account. I’ve been pursuing this for a year. MYSPACE IGNORES ME!!!! Posting pics of someone’s child without permission is ILLEGAL so Myspace will allow themselves to break the law…???????? WTF EVER!!!!
Oh great. Another insanely jealous ex-wife speaks out.
Drama, drama, drama.
In all my years of practicing law, I have seen many a woman like you and they’re all the same. Rage against the new – and more often than not – better woman in your former lover’s life. Lies are always told about the new lady and I mean some whoppers! Stop being so hypersensitive, start being a decent mother, and stop trying to keep your child in an emotional courtroom.
Myspace is nothing more than a toy and you’re a raving lunatic jealous because the new Mrs. is developing a relationship with the child.
Instead of being a b****, try ENJOYING the new page with your son. Get involved. Otherwise, you will only serve to alienate him from you. I’ve seen it over and over.
Your child will be better off with a mother who shares his interests as opposed to b*****ing about step mom.
hmm…but what if the step mom has consent from the father? exactly…
Some one like you needs to do more studying about law. To some mothers this is a big issue, so would it be ok if say I took your children’s info and I made a myspace about them with every thing with out you knowing? No, you don’t know me from a bag of hay seed… Lets get to the point, with out using big words like you do “b****”. There are mothers that still beleve in protecting there children from predeitors hunting them. We live in a new world, this isn’t like the leave it to beaver show where kid can saftly just roam the streets not worring about any thing.
“John Doe – March 8th, 2009 at 8:35 am PDT
Some one like you needs to do more studying about law. To some mothers this is a big issue, so would it be ok if say I took your children’s info and I made a myspace about them with every thing with out you knowing? No, you don’t know me from a bag of hay seed… Lets get to the point, with out using big words like you do “b****”. There are mothers that still beleve in protecting there children from predeitors hunting them. We live in a new world, this isn’t like the leave it to beaver show where kid can saftly just roam the streets not worring about any thing.”
You’re wrong its always been like this, we’ve just never heard of it, because we didnt have a liberal media corp tellings us what they want us to hear, instead of the entire story.
it sickens me to hear 1/2 of a story, that i was there to witness the full story, then only to hear 1/2 of it on the 5 o’clock news is just sickening, and makes me wonder how many stories there are that are the same way.
You do know that myspace isn’t responsible for removing people’s accounts if they want them deleted?
The link to delete a myspace is given to every user so they can delete it if they wish. For someone pursuing this for a year, you really did miss the obvious.
myspace can delete accounts, and they do.
Uh, lady…What’s that got to do with the issue at hand?
Our beloved playlists that we spent hours perfecting are useless on mypsace. That’s my only complaint with the site.
Wow, Michael. It’s amazing what good scoop you can get by sticking your tiny pecker in the stank ax wound of MySpace’s PR beeatch. I hope Santa craps down your chimney. Fat boy!
just put it back on there i did and its still there 8 hours later
This is total crap!! These stupid music companies need to get the **ck over it already!! They make more than enough money off the cd’s they’re selling. They don’t need to be nitpicking at us like this. It’s so retarded! MySpace sent me a message saying they removed my playlist, but it’s stilll there and working. I put a lot of time and effort into selecting the songs I wanted on my profile, and I even designed a background for my playlist, and now they want to take it down? NO! I don’t think so. Screw the **cking music companies!! I don’t give a rats @ss about copywrite infringement or any of this other crap they’re **tching about! These music companies are just a bunch of greedy **stards, looking for more ways to make a quick buck. Screw them!! Leave my damned playlists alone MySpace!!
I agree, with the way our economy is today, all we learn about is how to get everythign for the CHEAPEST, and theres nothing cheaper than free, with the exception of getting paid for nothing..
CD’s are still at 14.99+ a piece, and i can still download the songs for free, and buy a stack of CD-R’s for 14.99 and have 20 or so (depending on where I buy them) and burn up to 20 songs from different artists, for FREE (with the exception of the cost of the CD-R’s which pays for itself after the first or second CD)
this is the message from myspace
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Your Project Playlist widget has been removed from your profile in response to copyright complaints. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but it is absolutely imperative that MySpace respect the rights of copyright owners, artists and record labels.
Isn’t Online Music Free?
No, MySpace, Rhapsody, Napster, Imeem, Yahoo Music, Pandora, Last.FM all pay fees to the artist and record labels for the rights for you to play their music online. It may seem free to you, but if it’s legal, someone is probably paying for you to hear the music.
Don’t I Have the Right to Listen to Songs I Purchased on Amazon, MySpace, iTunes or on CD in My Project Playlist Player?
No, buying the album or song does not give you the right to put the songs in your Project Playlist Player, or upload them to MySpace, or upload them to any file sharing service.
When will I be able to use a Project Playlist music player on MySpace again?
As soon as their legal situation is settled, and the artists are getting paid, MySpace will consider re-enabling the embedding of Project Playlist music players.
Where Do I Get Legal Playlists for My Profile?
Imeem, Last.FM, iLike, and MySpace Music are all good options.
Thanks for your understanding,
MySpace
this is the recording indrustrys attempt to say anything that goes over the internet should be moniterd. the internet is an information medium it is not a distribrution center for files. you can not even download music from project playlist and all the case law behind the recording industry suits have shown us that streaming music is legal. the recording industry has also overstepped their bounds on fair use. if you make a video for personal use or record somthing off the air waves for personal use and then edit it you are not violating copyright. there are numorus CDs that have anti-copy protection. this is a violation of fair use as well. Copyright laws allow you to make a copy of any and all works that you purchase (to include DVDs) however i have found that if you copy a DVD to back it up you get a blue screen or messed up audio (as a method of copy protection). that all said. project playlist does not allow music to be downloaded. so how is it a violation of law. playlist does however show where the file is located so that if it is found to be in violation they can remove it. this is the recording industrys attempt to gain royalties for somthing that the user does not profit or gain anything from.
People DO pay for the Playlist site. There is a link on there where you can view the investors. I think MySpace is full of it. I would cancel my account, but I have forged friendships on there and reconnected with people, and I won’t give that up. That is the only reason I am staying on there. I don’t care what MySpace or the record companies say. I’ll lsiten to what I want.
You know, the funny thing is that you do actually pay to have the radio feature on sites like Last. FM, and some artists allow Last.fm to just play it. Music over the internet brings business, it doesn’t kill it — and the artists make more off of venues and the like instead of albums.
Just go back to playlist and regenerate your code. It works fine. It does however URL forward now to greatprofilemusic.com or something similar and “playlist” isn’t anywhere in there. However, its just a matter of time probably before they figure that out too.
I got the message but the widget was not actually deleted off my account? I am not going to delete it myself, so hopefully they don’t close my account because of it. This is utter CRAP. The alternatives for profile music are weak… I can’t find 90% of my songs. They are so incredibly stupid – playlists encourage people to buy music, from musicians they otherwise would never even have heard of. But who cares about them, when the big celebrity rockstars aren’t getting paid enough. REAL musicians primarily want their music to be HEARD!!!
Myspace doesn’t have a fraction of anything I actually listen to in it’s selection to make a playlist. Projectplaylist had tons of what I liked. I don’t like any of America’s top 100 or any of the celebs, pop-stars, any of it. Mostly what I listen to is from other countries and older music… This sucks. I want my Projectplaylist back on my Myspace.
i am very angry about the banning of project play list on myspace.com and hope that the myspace superficial s reconsider this.
Can someone EXPLAIN how exactly this is copyright infringement? So the music is on our myspace playlists, that’s the only place it is! I mean can you put these playlists on your ipod? NO! Can you download these playlists onto cd’s? NO! Can you save it directly onto your computer? NO! So how the hell is it copyright infringement? We are not stealing the music. We are simply displaying it on our profiles. If anything this is making MORE money for the music companies. When people listen to the music they think hmm, I like this song and I must have it. Then they go out and buy the cd or buy the song from itunes thus giving the music companies MONEY! Don’t tell me the music industry is that ignorant and can’t see that! I know that I have personally bought several cd’s after hearing a new song on somebody’s profile… Well from now on I’ll just get em off limewire. WAIT! How is it limewire gets away with it? Isn’t THAT copyright infringement? Oh mysace admit it, you just want people to conform to your shitty playlists cuz you are nothing but a damn CULT!
Anastasia you are so right.You can go to YouTube and find all or most of the songs on playlist.com and also see the video on YouTube.I just spent 3 days putting 199 songs on Playlist.com for my MySpace page for friends to listen to.Like you said they can’t steal or download these off My Space.What about all of those bullshit Apps that I don’t install people send me like Hug Me,Kiss Me,Buy Me,Texas Holdem Poker and many more.Who makes those Apps and are they safe ?I wont add any Apps.MySpace says they don’t own the Apps so why do thet allow them.I think MySpace wants everyone to use there Player.This pisses me off.
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Can someone EXPLAIN how exactly this is copyright infringement? So the music is on our myspace playlists, that’s the only place it is! I mean can you put these playlists on your ipod? NO! Can you download these playlists onto cd’s? NO! Can you save it directly onto your computer? NO! So how the hell is it copyright infringement? We are not stealing the music. We are simply displaying it on our profiles. If anything this is making MORE money for the music companies. When people listen to the music they think hmm, I like this song and I must have it. Then they go out and buy the cd or buy the song from itunes thus giving the music companies MONEY! Don’t tell me the music industry is that ignorant and can’t see that! I know that I have personally bought several cd’s after hearing a new song on somebody’s profile… Well from now on I’ll just get em off limewire. WAIT! How is it limewire gets away with it? Isn’t THAT copyright infringement? Oh mysace admit it, you just want people to conform to your shitty playlists cuz you are nothing but a damn CULT
I wander about limewire and frostwire.Ive seen outakes and live songs that have never been on a cd by major bands.Now if myspace had a better playlist for your profile it wouldnt be so bad.But the way it stands now its like going from steak to a cup of noodles.-Anyway I hope they can work things out,or create the same type of player.
Im so mad project playlist is gone 4 myspace. It waz da best playlist eva!!!!!!!!!
I don’t care who complained first, what matters is, its all a bunch of bullshit. It this was really a problem, it would have been addressed when myspace was first created. If it was addressed, it should have been stated more clearly and enforced better. I want to strangle the worthless whores who operate myspace and the incompetent fools who filed the complaint. They all need to shut the fuck up and let things go. So the music companies lost some money, well boo hoo. Get off the titty and shut the fuck up. Its not like you don’t make enough money to wipe your asses with hundreds.
About time I guess !!
you know what? maybe if the myspace music player wasnt so ugly, then people wouldn’t have to turn to other music players like project playlist.
that really makes me mad. myspace seems to just be sinking lower and lower. myspace used to be about customizing your own profile how you like it. i guess not anymore. =/
fuck myspace fuck tom i hope he dies fuck the fucking people that complianed for copyright i fucking wish myspace was better its kinda gay idc if they delete my god damn gay fucking shittty asss myspace
I still have my project playlist player. But my friend lost hers?? This is complete Bullshit. I hate MySpace.
Effective immediately my Myspace account will be terminated due to lack of trust with Myspace. Myspace has brought a social network into the political rink which has sucked all the fun out of the experience.
All I want is a chat network where I can have a picture and a playlist. What is so difficult about this?! 4 years ago it wise ok, but now there seems to be issues?
Any further issues, Myspace will implode due to the understanding of consumers and users on whats right and wrong regarding issues pertaining to rules and regulations with situations like this. The user/consumer knows when they’re getting screwed!
Myspace was great 4 years ago, but that time has passed.
We are now getting screwed!
You can still create your playlist on http://www.songarea.com , they have even larger selection of music than the project playlist.
I lost mine and received a PM about it but I plan on restoring it soon. Hopefully they don’t have like a spider bot that checks for the code.
I don’t understand what the big deal is. There are so many other alternatives to project playlist and myspace even listed them in their notice:
“Where Do I Get Legal Playlists for My Profile?
Imeem, Last.FM, iLike, and MySpace Music are all good options.
Thanks for your understanding,
MySpace”
If your playlists are so important to you, just use one of the other sites and stop complaining. seems like there are a lot of alternatives.
is this a playlist for myspace
this is retarded myspace better give playlist back before these ppl come after Tom >:^(
Understandably, the majors are coming after Project Playlist because of copyright issues. And since MySpaceMusic is under the gun of many major labels, it stands to reason that you would do their bidding and eliminate the widget from all profiles. Even private profiles such as mine and millions of other users, now are limited in sonically entertaining their visitors. Let’s not split hairs here–Project Playlist has the most extensive music selection of any music widget available, a testament to its 40 million users.
Here’s some food for thought on this whole issue. My own MySpace profile is private. That means I have to accept you as a friend if you want to view my full page. If I invited you to my home, would you expect someone there telling me what I could and could not play on my stereo during cocktail hour? As far as I am concerned my profile is like a second home, a place where only my friends can visit. My profile is not a public venture, so why are you treating it like one? I am in the music industry, so I support all the rights of the people behind it and I fully understand and appreciate the hard work that goes into creating music and bringing it to the forefront. Guess what? The MySpace user is helping that cause, and here’s why.
This move to eliminate Project Playlist by MySpace is an invasion of privacy, a big-brother ploy of unrelenting control and greed. It counteracts the conecpt of digital dissemination as a benefit to the artists themselves. It’s not like you can download the music from my Project Playlist, it’s streaming. It might as well be a radio channel, which is ironic because radio promotion is a concept of payola that dates back to the roots of the record industry. Frank Sinatra’s people used to offer radio stations a record, or a gun. If anything, the labels should be promoting perks to MySpace users for displaying their content. It should stand to reason that the most popular MySpace profiles are conduits for promoting media. So why aren’t the labels embracing this? I should get free tickets to the next Moby concert for throwing his record on my profile. But of course, that’s not a safe play. There are too many disgruntled, obtuse industry professionals who will wield the legal axe and prevent anything like this from ever happening. And that’s what this is all about–not innovation, not taking risks, not challenging the legal handbook, but being safe and in control.
Furthermore, Project Playlist is a music player and search engine, and it is in no way responsible for the external links that are used to add songs. Those links, the locations where the music is stored, that is the copyright violation. Project Playlist should appeal on this concept alone. Why isn’t Yahoo! being sued for showing links to illegal download sites? It’s an arguable platform. All and all, this situation is a disappointing one to the MySpace user. I expect further disappointment, as we progress towards TheirSpace.
i think this is complete bs. myspace didn’t care for years about project playlist being embedded on the site until they began their own playlists. they’re very selfish and this is really disappointing.
I just logged on to my MySpace today and found this in my inbox:
Subject:
Widget From Your Profile Has Been Deleted.
Body:
Your Project Playlist widget has been removed from your profile in response to copyright complaints. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but it is absolutely imperative that MySpace respect the rights of copyright owners, artists and record labels.
Isn’t Online Music Free?
No, MySpace, Rhapsody, Napster, Imeem, Yahoo Music, Pandora, Last.FM all pay fees to the artist and record labels for the rights for you to play their music online. It may seem free to you, but if it’s legal, someone is probably paying for you to hear the music.
Don’t I Have the Right to Listen to Songs I Purchased on Amazon, MySpace, iTunes or on CD in My Project Playlist Player?
No, buying the album or song does not give you the right to put the songs in your Project Playlist Player, or upload them to MySpace, or upload them to any file sharing service.
When will I be able to use a Project Playlist music player on MySpace again?
As soon as their legal situation is settled, and the artists are getting paid, MySpace will consider re-enabling the embedding of Project Playlist music players.
Where Do I Get Legal Playlists for My Profile?
Imeem, Last.FM, iLike, and MySpace Music are all good options.
Thanks for your understanding,
MySpace
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Needless to say… I’m pissed. :/
We need to quit bitching and start acting! Does anybody remember the “I want my MTV” craze back in the 80’s? For those who don’t thats’ when everybody started calling their cable providers and demanding that they show MTV.
Well just like that, we should all individually contact myspace saying “I want my Project Playlist”
that is fucking gay
most of the songs can be heard on youtube anyway. and we can embedd youtube clips on social networks. so what is the big issue about project playlist. can anywone explain?
For every problem there is always a solution. This is nothing but code. At playlist.com go to “myplaylists”, select desired playlist.
Here’s the key part:
in mozilla, go to view>page source.
(for int. explorer its view>source.)
Scroll down to where it says div id=”plc_(some #
copy everything up to /div (should include something that says param name, embed, and object.)
Paste it into your myspace, and voila!
I’m not much of a code person but I do know how to work around stuff like this, I haven’t figured how to autostart the player or include a shuffle button so if anyone out there can contribute their code skills, that would be great.
Here’s my page, and my proof that playlist can still work.
http://profile....iendID=20157200
V…
You rock… that so works
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when u open the view>pagesource on mozilla…. i cant find the “div id=”plc”.. i searched every line… can you take a screenshot of it??
generate a code for myspace in playlist.com
look for where it says
playlist=”######” <—-copy whatever the number is.
Open this file,
http://www.file...laylistcode.txt
should be two ####### spots, replace them with the number you just copied.
Copy everything into myspace, should work. Good luck!
hey V for Vanessa, i figured out how to not make the playlist shuffle…….I used the code from your post on Dec. 27th from the
http://www.fild...8230;stcode.txt
all you have to do is in that code it says something like :
2Fconfig_black_shuffle.xml&mywidth (its close to right after those ###### signs)
and where it says _shuffle take that out so it reads
2Fconfig_black.xml&mywidth
AND THATS IT! just delete the word _shuffle
Well folks, looks like myspace found a way to caca all over our parade again.
Playlist fix no longer works.
Until then…
idk what ur talking about i tried everything and it doesnt work..please tell me how u made it work
how is it that u still have playlists up yet ur saying its not working? im confused lol
sorry…
also meant to tell you how I fixed the shuffle and autostart prob…
change the word “noautostart” to “shuffle”
you got me started and saved the day, though… screw the record companies!!!
natch
Thanks Smoorez!
worked for me.
sweet.
Everything worked…..the player is just not visible. It auto-starts….shuffles….you just can’t see it????
Any thoughts?
where in the mess of code is that section you mentioned?
Been searching for it…
thanks so much!
Mik, see above post, hope that helps!
The music companies that are doing this are so ignorant. I would not even know about half the bands and artists that I listen to and have purchased fromif it were not for playlist.
I have been turning tons of other people onto new music for two years through playlist on myspace. Artists and labels should view project playlist as a gift not a problem. Basically it isa new age “word of mouth”
How stupid the corporate suits are.
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What I don’t get is why is the playlist such a bad thing? They were just doing a nice thing. Obviously people are going to get music either way, through an illegal source. But, what is the point of taking it off of Myspace?? It took up little space, and you could have up to 200 songs. I used it as my playlist for whenever. The one Myspace has is stupid. It’s big and you can only have ten songs. Just because Myspace got it’s stupid playlist doesn’t mean they should just ban all other playlists from the site. There isn’t even a way to change the size in a code for their playlist. And what about if Myspace doesn’t have those artists? It’s just really stupid how they are taking something so harmless and making it a big deal. I get copywriting, but it’s not like they were downloading it onto CDs like some sites, it’s just a little playlist on Myspace to put up some songs. I really don’t get what the big deal is. Now they are suing playlist? For what? Letting people pick songs they like and display it on their webpages for other people to hear? Ooh god, let’s sue now! No, this is retarded and they need to get over themselves.
Thanks for the myspace hack.
I just fixed my playlist and it works again!
You rock!
Its not Myspace to blame about the Playlist banishment.
ITS THE RECORD COMPANIES.
i myself planning on creating an online album. My artist website where people can eyeball my artist page and download all my tracks maybe for free. That i wont sell my music in “compact disc” form anymore. But in digital data, whether its Mp3 or even higher definition audio data. I WONT NEED RECORD COMPANY TO DISTRIBUTE MY MUSICS ANYMORE.
I’ll handle everything my own, copyrights and website.
Why??? because for real musician it is far more important to get my music out rather than making a profit.
And these days anyone who can afford a CD player, can afford an MP3 player. CD days are gone. DEAD.
And i wouldnt mind that my tracks shows up on widgets like Project Playlist. I know this Playlist. I like them. So all my fans can feel proud of showing my music off to the world through their myspace or facebook.
So, this is came from the artist point of view, I LOVE THE PROJECT PLAYLIST. I hope all REAL musician(who dont look to get rich) follow my footstep. Ban the record companies they are the Vampires.
Make your own INDEPENDENT ONLINE ALBUM. Copyright all your tracks and songs and handle the distributions yourself ONLINE!!!
you wanna stop people duplicating your MP3 tracks?? its inevitable!! so, might as well follow my footstep! okay??
oh my artist website and my musics wont appear in 2 years maybe(working on alots of samples).
This playlist is just more BS and the people behind it all will Never stop sharing music, their is more in the world to worry about that is destroying us and that is GREED.Peoples focuses are so WACKED while we have such a F’d up country and others see it and were so BLINDED to it all, were so worried in telling how others should or should not do, creating wars while destroying our selfs.
Look here at MYSPACE allowing all the Sicko’s ,Negative BS and they worry about this kind of stuff. Myspace needs to be sued and pressed to CLEAN up their site.And as far as the Music Bussiness and the people who are weiners n complainers, maybe ought to think on dropping concert prices so many more who have less than can feel a part of.Maybe a sliding scale standered should be set based on ones income,threw out the USA from EVERYTHING from A thru Z.
if I do this will any thing happen
like a ban from myspace
has any thing happened to you guy yet
see here’s the deal with this. I work in the computer software industry, and I know how copyright laws work with relation to any form of digital media. Project Playlist is nothing but a glorified search engine tailored towards various audio media (MP3s, WMVs, etc) They are not hosting any content. Thus, they are not doing anything illegal. Want to see a similar scenario? Take a look at bittorent tracker ThePirateBay.org and have a look at their legal section. Warner Bros and others are barking up the wrong tree by trying to sue Project Playlist. The only people the record companies could possibly sue are the ones actually hosting the media files – and even that is going to be difficult if it is a free/public hosting service that allows anyone to upload a file. Good luck tracking down the person who uploaded the file…
This is like the french judge who decided french law was applicable outside of france and allowed a french record label to sue SourceForge.org for hosting the source code for various BitTorrent software packages. The record label’s argument was that the sofware could be used for sharing pirated music. How twisted and ridiculous a lawsuit is that?
The record labels can go screw themselves.