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ShareSquare is now broadening beyond QR codes and into artist app development. It sounds pretty cool: the HTML5 mobile website creator draws content from your existing site to start things off, then the band finishes the job.
The drama continues to surround ReDigi, which is now accusing litigant Capitol Records of sabatoge. The accusation, according to Wired, is that Capitol pulled strings to get Rdio to pull album art and soundclips from ReDigi's service. We've seen this sort of out-of-court squeeze-play before, particularly with Grooveshark.
ha ha ha Friday, February 17, 2012
Poor ReDigi can't have artwork anymore for their bait site?
GOOD.
Thank you, Capitol Records legal team. Someone please buy these guys a drink.
Visitor Friday, February 17, 2012
you, sir, are a tool.
Clearly you are an intern Friday, February 17, 2012
at Capitol Records. This big business power play is infuriating and you're lame for praising it. But, then again, that's clearly what Capitol Records is (not) paying you to do.
George Friday, February 17, 2012
Rdio announced today that ReDiGi was in violation of their API terms of use...
I'd like to see the details of Friday, February 17, 2012
or whatever twist Rdio is putting on it to disguise the fact their taking it up the a** by Capitol Records.
lmnop Friday, February 17, 2012
statement from Rdio
"Redigi was in violation of Rdio's API Terms of Use so we put them on notice and disabled their use".
right.... Friday, February 17, 2012
And what are the details of that violation? It is WAY too coincidental that Capitol got denied their attempt to shut down ReDigi in court last week, then a few days later Rdio turned off their service to ReDigi. This whole thing was a power play by Capitol Records, it's so transparent that it hurts.
Rdio is weak Friday, February 17, 2012
for folding to pressure by Capitol Records. The big labels are on the clock and pretty soon Rdio is going to need the business from the ReDigi's of the world. Better not make enemies, Rdio.
Kevin Sunday, February 19, 2012
You are complaining about Rdio enforcing the terms of use that ReDiGi agreed with in the first place, by singing up for the API service?!
You are not even trying to hide how desperate you are for excuses.
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