Offering music for streaming purposes doesn't seem to be an actual problem (at least from what I can see) because, in theory, they actual tracks are still in your "ownership." At least I think that's how it works. It's when you start passing the tracks around with no strings attached that there's a problem.
It's actually rather stupid in a lot of ways, especially if all you're doing is offering a limited number tracks. There's no consideration made for "fair use" (I would argue offering samples as part of an overall CD review should be considered "fair use").
In any case, I'm actually torn. I don't want to switch to a streaming option, since all things being equal, I prefer the downloading option (I believe that Savefile is 60 days). I may not switch over to streaming right away and may hold tough for a little while longer on the downloads.
However, I've gotten some emails from people who aren't on LJ who've found The Music from the Cube posts who are not on LJ and are not affiliated with LJ in any way. None of the emails are threatening in any way, by the way. But it makes me nervous, especially since one recent email pointed me to an artists' official board where my review of that artists' work was being discussed.
It's a little nerve wracking, and a good hard reminder that (yet again) that there's a few more people than I think accessing my public posts.
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It's actually rather stupid in a lot of ways, especially if all you're doing is offering a limited number tracks. There's no consideration made for "fair use" (I would argue offering samples as part of an overall CD review should be considered "fair use").
In any case, I'm actually torn. I don't want to switch to a streaming option, since all things being equal, I prefer the downloading option (I believe that Savefile is 60 days). I may not switch over to streaming right away and may hold tough for a little while longer on the downloads.
However, I've gotten some emails from people who aren't on LJ who've found The Music from the Cube posts who are not on LJ and are not affiliated with LJ in any way. None of the emails are threatening in any way, by the way. But it makes me nervous, especially since one recent email pointed me to an artists' official board where my review of that artists' work was being discussed.
It's a little nerve wracking, and a good hard reminder that (yet again) that there's a few more people than I think accessing my public posts.