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Re:SoundCloud faces do-or-die vote by investors by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:45PM (#14983393)
Don't make a business out of it, at least not directly. Make an open source, federated clone, ideally with something like GNUSocial driving it - something that doesn't go down under the pressure of endless bullshit DMCA claims or investor pressure. Sell your services as a consultant maintaining it for artists who can't get the technical bits down.

We have got to quit trusting commercial entities with our culture. They are not good stewards of it.

Re:SoundCloud faces do-or-die vote by investors by fweespeech on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:01PM (#14983572)
Honestly, an open source solution backed by an automated hosting company (like how Ghost) is probably the best solution.

Charge your customers for DMCA claims and just skim enough off the underlying hosting company to cover your expenses.