Check out what Cinnie pointed out on Sander's thread. As of Aug. 19....

Lammastide said:

I doubt this can be sorted out in a "brief period"

O.M.G! Damn!

on the upside, I can now include my blank track for my hidden track!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Wrong! That is still against the guidelines.

Cinnie said:

oh don't you worry, I'll find a way

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You would SO get suspended!

So what are we gonna do in the meantime? I was a late add-on, so I'm unsure of some things. Is there, in fact, a snail mail swap of burnt CDs? Are there alternative ways to do this online or via email?

relax. Hopefully it will be up again soon. It was down a few days ago when I tried to listen, then it got back up again.

http://prince.org/msg/8/279864

Coincidence?

As of Aug. 19....

heartbeatocean said:

but was it down due to RIIA crap?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

oh. I didn't know what that was referring to. No, the page looked slightly different, like a technical difficulty.

I'll be really bummed if this falls apart for us.

Muxtape Ignored Copyright Law, Says RIAA, But Site May Have Grounds To Fight ShutdownStreaming mixtape site may be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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One day after the popular mixtape uploading site Muxtape suddenly went down due to what it said was a "problem" with the Recording Industry Association of America, the industry lobbying group revealed that it had been keeping an eye on the site since its launch earlier this year.

"For the past several months, we have communicated concerns to Muxtape on behalf of our members," read a statement from the RIAA issued on Tuesday. "Muxtape has not yet obtained authorization from our member companies to host or stream copies of their sound recordings."

The trade group issued a slightly longer and more detailed explanation to Portfolio magazine, which explained that in addition to communicating their legal concerns over the past few months, the RIAA "repeatedly" tried to work with Muxtape to have illegal content taken down. "Muxtape was hosting copies of copyrighted sound recordings without authorization from the copyright owners. Making these recordings available for streaming playback also requires authorization from the copyright owners."

In the meantime, Fred Von Lohmann, a senior intellectual property attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation told RollingStone.com that he believes Muxtape could be on pretty steady legal grounds if it decides to fight the shutdown order from the RIAA. Von Lohmann said the site is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, which provides "safe harbor" for sites that host material on behalf of users, which is the same defense used by sites like YouTube.

"I think they have a strong legal defense," Von Lohmann said. "The problem is if they might not have that money to go to court and take on the RIAA." The lawyer speculated that legal fees for such a case could be in the range of $2-$3 million.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593150/20080820/id_0.jhtml\



I hate the industry so much. We can't share our own mixes that aren't even downloadable? Our ears must be controlled? I can't wait for the death of the industry. can't wait.

I was thinking we had a bit more time due to being off muxtape and worked over 100 hours last week on a giant grant proposal at work so I'm not quite ready. My tracks are all set but there is a little glitch that TRON is going to fix for me tomorrow or Tuesday and I have to finish my write up. I'm so sorry ~ is anyone else ready? I can be next week. I've been living in a the past week and barely even sleeping.

MoonSongs said:

Well, I, for one, forgive you. But tell me: Are you planning to just provide a link to your files somewhere? I'm so clueless.