Friday 13 June 2008

Warner Music Songs Taken Down From Last.fm

Warner Music Group has reportedly removed all of their songs from popular music site Last.fm last Friday, June 6th.


Users can still stream music from artists on the label via their artist-based radio stations, as these are licensed through a different deal suggest reports. But members can no longer stream tracks on-demand as previously allowed.


A spokesperson for Warner Music Group told Listening Post via email: "I can confirm that our music is no longer available on the service."


"In our efforts to include music on the Listening Post blog, we've ended up turning to imeem more than Last.fm, because Last.fm doesn't allow single-song embedding, and imeem seems to have more on-demand music."


"And that was before the Warner deal fell through. Now, imeem, MySpace, Napster and YouTube could become more attractive to users, because each of them still has the label's music free and on-demand."


Last.fm still continues to allow members to stream songs from other labels via the site, for three times only.




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