Re:Apply HN: Hillside.fm - listen to music with other people...
by 6stringmerc on Friday April 08, 2016 @03:30PM
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>We're going to stream the music from YouTube initially. Hopefully this is legal. Genius and plug.dj both do/did it. If this ends up being a problem, by the time anyone complains we'll have made it out of the seed stage, and making deals should be easier.
In considering the goal is to be helpful in this process I'd like to point out the story of Aurous does not bode well for this mentality or business model[1], as that concept didn't even entail a subscription revenue. Avoid negotiating licenses at your own peril, I believe.
In considering the goal is to be helpful in this process I'd like to point out the story of Aurous does not bode well for this mentality or business model[1], as that concept didn't even entail a subscription revenue. Avoid negotiating licenses at your own peril, I believe.
[1] http://aurous.me/