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cerved on July 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices

Remixing is not covered by fair use :/

kogepathic on July 6, 2017 [–]

> Remixing is not covered by fair use :/

Well, that's good to know and also super shitty. I guess like many other services, once they got the attention of the recording industry it was only a matter of time until they were forced into a licensing agreement.

cerved on July 6, 2017 | [–]

Fair use is strange and doesn't have a very strong standing when it comes to IP

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