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# Why I Hope MP3 Rocket Never Takes Off
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/why-i-hope-mp3-rocket-never-takes-off/
- Published: 2011-02-07T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-02-07T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Today on Music Think Tank, Alan Lastufka wrote a fantastic op-ed on the new developments at MP3 Rocket. Rather than download MP3s, users now get videos from YouTube and the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/why-i-hope-mp3-rocket-never-takes-off.html]
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Today on Music Think Tank, **Alan Lastufka** [wrote](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/one-rocket-i-hope-never-takes-off.html?ref=hypebot.com) a fantastic op-ed on the [new developments](https://www.hypebot.com/mp3-rocket-hey-riaa-boss-our-users-do-not-file-share-music-anymore-they-time-shift-it/) at MP3 Rocket. Rather than download MP3s, users now get videos from YouTube and the program converts them to MP3s. Since Lastufka and the artists he represents earn their livelihood from YouTube, Hypebot asked him to comment on the situation. Find out [more](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/one-rocket-i-hope-never-takes-off.html?ref=hypebot.com).