Project Playlist Forums: Licensing Issues?

Licensing Issues?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:57:38 UTC

While I respect the events of two or three months back, and recognise that it wasn't the fault of Playlist...

I have to lift a massive 'What the HELL?' to you guys when EVERY SINGLE song, from my playlist of one-hundred-twenty-something tracks, is blocked and greyed out.
Considering that it includes songs from most genres, with a wide variety of artists, how does this happen? Especially since I doubt that a HIGH SCHOOL of all things would be after you for licensing reasons.

As the error message says something about playback in my country (UK) I'm guessing this may be some sort of server malfunction?

If this could be fixed quickly, that'd be great, if not, I'd like an explanation.
Thanks!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:36:56 UTC

Seconded. Double-u tee eff, guys.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:25:39 UTC

echoing the first 2 posts....

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:31:52 UTC

Unfortunately, playback of songs/tracks is currently limited by licensing restrictions in your part of the world.

We are currently investigating ways to offer audio to restricted locations in the future; in the meantime, you should be able to use our new Video Playlist and the video search function.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:11:07 UTC

Yeah, maybe this happens for some kind of "testing purpose" again (like in March or April this year) or finally Warner (WMG) did win their lawsue against project playlist...?!? Read here:

(=> a quick HOORAY 4 Sony BMG ;D )

But for first aid try out to run your web-browser/system-gatway/personal-router through some anonymous (non-located) or foregin proxy-server that is not located in the country of your original provider or internet gateway! A quite simple way to pass by these issues, THAT WORKS!!!

At least i was able to save my precious playlist-datas (containing all the original URLs) into .ASX-Files b4 they might dissapear completely. And i would recommend to everybody else who had spent a lot of hours to build up her/his playlist(s) to do so too, if you should want to build up similar ones on an other free music-portal (if playlist.com might "deceased" one time...)!
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- by pulsecode ;)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:24:44 UTC

1500+ songs not working over 25+ players im in the uk and im disgusted theres not 1 warning it was fine lastnight and now its screwed. if we in the uk are gonna be treated with complete disrespect when stuff like this happens your gonna loose lots of users to other sites. not as if this was just done must have been expected or at least taken time to arrange not as if a bult email to all users warning them of problems is so hard to type up and send.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:28:17 UTC

Notice, the songs that don't work, you can still see on Video. Why isn't that restricted also?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:40:47 UTC

An explanation would be fine, and don’t see this as an attempt to judge you.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:49:55 UTC

im not replacing 1798 songs on playlist after this they dont fix it im gone from this site simple as that bad enough you have to listen to every track cos ppl upload incomplete or bad quality music or the wrong song for the name given, time itll take to fix my playlists is gonna be far to long and to do it in the hopes it dont happen again well that just plain stupid rather go else where bye bye playlist.com
lordalmighty/lordhoodie

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:07:44 UTC

In reply to lordhoodie You can get this fixed easyly by yourself - just read my posting above this!!!

And to make it clear to everyone:: Playlist.com DID NOT upload ANY of the tracks in Your playlists - it is just another SEARCH-ENGINE for MP3-files (hosted somewhere else in the www) with an intelligent database and a connected-to-it streaming flash-player!

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- by pulsecode ;)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:31:03 UTC

Unfortunately, playback of songs/tracks is currently limited by licensing restrictions in your part of the world.

ok its a defo im gone from playlist thats the response to an email i sent asking whats going on whens it being fixed and alike and i get told what i and every1 else already no's great no warning and no help from them just a use the video list i think its been done on purpose to force use of videos over songs players personely or else there would have been a nice warning email but thats just me somethings iffy about all this there the 1z with controls over the site even if there forced to stop the songs working in certain countries they have to iniciate it on the site no1 else, i wouldnt be surprised if in a few months ppl will be charged a fee for them and suckered in some how but thats just me wait and see ppl hope im wrong

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:37:55 UTC

not worth my time m8 i got my own site and other users using those 1800 songs daily cant change for all them aswell can i if i proxy my ip dont matter they all have to do same and thats not gonna be done thanks though but ill just get some other site to free play music for my users shame but there we go

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:17:28 UTC

Umm... yeah...

Due to licensing issues, I can no longer listen to music *I wrote myself*, nor can any of my friends...

That's just stupid.

Perhaps the admins of the site might want to remove ccmixter.org from the blocklist? After all, one of the points of Creative Commons licensing is that it's free to distribute...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:17:28 UTC

This sucks big fat donkey balls...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:53:39 UTC

In reply to TraceyPPL

Iv just gone to my myspace account this morning to realise that now im not able to have my playlist playing, i dont understand why its been fine for months, somthing to do with licencing issues, then why has it been fine for ages. this is rediculas, kel

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:04:31 UTC

Kinda of defeats the concept of having this website, who wants to browse those cheap nasty videos and not be able to get actual track listings..

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:11:47 UTC

In reply to TraceyPPL

We are currently investigating ways to offer audio to restricted locations in the future; in the meantime, you should be able to use our new Video Playlist and the video search function.

Guess what, Youtube is for that purpose. Originality, please.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:32:37 UTC

HAHA, SUCKS FOR YALL.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:21:26 UTC

In reply to lordhoodie

i may not have anywhere near the same amount of songs as lordhoodie, but he's got a point. We spent quite some time building these playlists up. Ive been listening to my own everyday for age's now since it is the easiest way. And then all of a sudden it being blocked off completely no warning what so ever? Thats really bad y'know D: i mean, thanks pulsecode for the help, but why should we? the whole point of this site was so we could listen to our music fast and easy in one playlist (or multipul if thats what you've done). So why should we do what your telling us, on a site thats supposed to do this? I doubt it could be for licensing reasons cause then why now? why not a long time ago? Clean up your act playlist.com this is hardly fair on your user's.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:16:16 UTC

Ive had my playlist for over a 2 and a half years now. Its (almost) worked fine for that time. And suddenly it stops?! It was fine yesterday! Why didnt they give us some warning? They had better fix this quick or they will have lost a loyal member.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:23:33 UTC

No songs work at all for me, now. I'm in Scotland, UK.