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Re:Show HN: Jukedeck – create unique, royalty-free music for... by rockarage on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @05:13PM (#10707160)
Sure, but most people want to use popular music, as a result the most popular video editor for istagram has licensed popular music* from the majors. This is not a novel business.

*http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/storytelling-socia...

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Re:Show HN: Jukedeck – create unique, royalty-free music for... by underwater on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @10:10PM (#10708616)
Interesting. That doesn't scale though, because you can't upload the same clip to YouTube without it being flagged. Having rights to backing music is not great as a differentiator for a social network.
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