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MIT's Music Net Shut Down Over License Issues

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the easy-come-easy-go dept.

aurum42 writes "MIT's LAMP music-over-cable initiative has been shut down due to licensing concerns, as reported on The Boston Globe. Ars Technica has a good summary of the story. It appears that Loudeye did not have the rights to sell music to MIT for distribution over cable, although they apparently assured MIT that they did in fact have those rights. Murky, unexplored legal quagmire or RIAA influenced revisionism?"

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  1. Abolish copyright, and no license needed. by Thinkit3 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Since you're not signing any contract when you copy the music, there wouldn't be a problem here. The music would play and people would be happy.

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