Playlist.com
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Playlist, Inc. operates the playlist.com website (formerly Project Playlist) and is a company that provides widgets for MySpace
, myYearbook
and Facebook
.
of playlist.com.
and a coalition of nine record labels filed a lawsuit against the company for contributing to mass copyright infringement. However, two similar cases against MySpace
and Imeem
were largely the opening moves in settlements which would see these music sites licensing the content and compensating artists for the use of their music. Project Playlist already has begun contracts with Sony BMG.
On December 19, 2008, MySpace quickly began removing the Project Playlist music player from all profiles and subsequently leaving the affected users a message in their inbox which notified them of the removal. This amounted to a temporary ban of Project Playlist, largely due to complaints brought forth by the artists, asserting that Project Playlist should be paying royalties.
Facebook also later banned Project Playlist from its site.
On May 11, 2010 it was reported that Playlist reached a settlement with Universal Music Group
and Warner Music Group
for an undisclosed amount.
, MyYearbook
, or Facebook
using their application platforms. Due to Facebook's different format which does not use HTML
coding, the player is more obscured and can not be set to auto-start as it would on Myspace.
Similar services
Related concepts
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
, myYearbook
MyYearbook
-History:myYearbook was initially created by two high school students, David and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, during Spring Break of 2005. Catherine persuaded Geoff, who founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a dorm in 1997, to invest in their project...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
.
History
Playlist was founded in the early 2000s for the purpose of putting more music on Myspace and other social networking sites. With the popularity of social networking sites and online blogs, playlist.com has experienced enormous growth. From a userbase of less than 500,000 in mid-2006, it grew to more than 20,000,000 users as of June 30, 2008. It was originally known as projectplaylist.com, before it acquired its current domain nameDomain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
of playlist.com.
Legal issues
A key concern for this site was that the majority of the files linked to are pirated content distributed without the authorization of the copyright holders. On April 28, 2008, the RIAARecording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
and a coalition of nine record labels filed a lawsuit against the company for contributing to mass copyright infringement. However, two similar cases against MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and Imeem
Imeem
The online service imeem was a social media web site where users interacted with each other by streaming, uploading and sharing music and music videos...
were largely the opening moves in settlements which would see these music sites licensing the content and compensating artists for the use of their music. Project Playlist already has begun contracts with Sony BMG.
On December 19, 2008, MySpace quickly began removing the Project Playlist music player from all profiles and subsequently leaving the affected users a message in their inbox which notified them of the removal. This amounted to a temporary ban of Project Playlist, largely due to complaints brought forth by the artists, asserting that Project Playlist should be paying royalties.
Facebook also later banned Project Playlist from its site.
On May 11, 2010 it was reported that Playlist reached a settlement with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
and Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
for an undisclosed amount.
Applications
Music playlists can be embedded into MySpaceMySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
, MyYearbook
MyYearbook
-History:myYearbook was initially created by two high school students, David and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, during Spring Break of 2005. Catherine persuaded Geoff, who founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a dorm in 1997, to invest in their project...
, or Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
using their application platforms. Due to Facebook's different format which does not use HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
coding, the player is more obscured and can not be set to auto-start as it would on Myspace.
See also
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