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Warner To Kill Free Music Streaming

First Posted: 04/12/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:30 PM ET

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BBC News :

Record label Warner Music has said it will stop licensing its songs to free music streaming services.

Companies like Spotify, We7 and Last.fm give free, legal and instant access to millions of songs, funded by adverts.

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Palemoon
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08:15 PM on 02/11/2010
It's just like that weirdo lady on American Idol now, the brunette, forgot her name already, lol. She's an A&R executive with Warner. Just more proof for you on how they try to control and manipulate everything you hear. They even control and manipulate who is allowed on American Idol. It would not surprise me at all that they probably use their own pre-signed talent pool as the group of nominees.
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03:34 AM on 02/11/2010
If I were a Warner artist, I'd start looking into new labels.

Warner is just another outmoded corporation run by shortsighted lawyers not music lovers, musicians or sensible businessmen.
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Rachel O
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03:23 AM on 02/11/2010
Guess I won't be hearing much music from Warner anymore.
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hubbahubba77
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10:17 PM on 02/10/2010
Why don't they enact a new policy basing all of their corporate decisions on what a 19th century robber baron would do, while they're at it?
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TheExplainer
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09:01 PM on 02/10/2010
Fail.
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spiderbucket
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05:53 PM on 02/10/2010
Fail. Goodbye Warners.
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tailgateshirts
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05:24 PM on 02/10/2010
Breaking News: Warner to Kill their Company and last revenue stream
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undrgrndgirl
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04:19 PM on 02/10/2010
warner will eventually kill itself for lack of vision...i don't listen to "radio" in any form, but it seems to me these streaming services are no different than broadcast radio was 30 years ago...
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Troy Erickson
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05:53 AM on 02/11/2010
That's what I thought. How is internet radio any different than "over the air" broadcast radio? So now you will never hear any Warner artists?
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rufnnuts
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03:37 PM on 02/10/2010
I would prefer a subscription based music streaming service. I don't need to own music, but the record companies want to dictate a model that works for them. Relics.
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therodt
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02:55 PM on 02/10/2010
They will never learn. That is why it is failing for Warner.
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03:35 PM on 02/10/2010
Of course, Rupert Murdoch would kill free streaming music. He hasn't made enough money - not that he makes any music.
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