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Topple Track Launches Piracy Fighting API, Redesigned Site For Serve Yourself Song Protection
Topple Track is a service for finding pirated content on the web and issuing takedown notices on the behalf of rights holders. They're currently focused on music and have not. Continue reading
Analyzing Music Taste To Improve Group Learning At Play With Your Music
From The Echo Nest Blog. The folks at MIT Media Lab, NYU, and Peer 2 Peer University recently set out to teach the world how to manipulate music with a. Continue reading
GoPro Video Camera Maker Responds To Musicians with HERO3+ Black Edition/Music
We discuss video quite a bit at Hypebot, especially in the form of creative videos, software and services, but we rarely discuss hardware. However an effort by GoPro to better. Continue reading
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Shares What He Really Thinks Of Beats Music
"Some celebrity brand" "It's a competitor, for sure, but my way of looking at it is, if it gets people to understand the value of streaming, it is ultimately good,". Continue reading
Spotify’s Most Viral & Streamed Tracks US & UK
Here are the 10 most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, Jan 13 -19 via. Continue reading
Lively Raises $2 Million For Concert Recordings Available After The Show
Lively's concert recording service allows bands to offer both audio and video recording of the show after it's over using a mobile app for delivery. They'd already raised half a. Continue reading
Beats Music Stops Adding New Users, Blames Flood Of Interest
The just launched and much publicized Beats Music service hit a snag yesterday afternoon when it was forced to stop adding new users. "Due to the extremely high volume of. Continue reading
Rap Genius Cuts Universal Publishing Group Deal: “We’ll lend them a wheelbarrow…”
It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for RapGenius. After quickly becoming a hot site and a VC darling, a majorr muysic publishing trade group put them at. Continue reading