Comments on: Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA? http://theclick.us/2009/02/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Katie Gunion http://theclick.us/2009/02/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Katie Gunion Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:29:07 +0000 http://theclick.us/?p=3444#comment-171 Hey - I'm Last.fm's PR person. FYI http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit Hey – I’m Last.fm’s PR person. FYI http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit

]]> By: Trent Nelson http://theclick.us/2009/02/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Trent Nelson Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:52:34 +0000 http://theclick.us/?p=3444#comment-170 Thanks for your quick response Alex. I love Last.FM Thanks for your quick response Alex. I love Last.FM

]]> By: Alex Pounds http://theclick.us/2009/02/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Alex Pounds Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:08:01 +0000 http://theclick.us/?p=3444#comment-169 TechCrunch's article is incorrect and completely baseless - it's been denied by Last.fm on-the-record¹: “We’ve never had any request for such data by anyone, and if we did we wouldn’t consent to it. Of course we work with the major labels and provide them with broad statistics, as we would with any other label, but we’d never personally identify our users to a third party - that goes against everything we stand for.” ¹ http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518/_/8660996 TechCrunch’s article is incorrect and completely baseless – it’s been denied by Last.fm on-the-record¹:

“We’ve never had any request for such data by anyone, and if we did we wouldn’t consent to it.

Of course we work with the major labels and provide them with broad statistics, as we would with any other label, but we’d never personally identify our users to a third party – that goes against everything we stand for.”

¹ http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518/_/8660996

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