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Rumors On The Internets: Is Last.fm Sharing User Data With The RIAA?

Posted by Alt Rock Shop Admin on February 23rd, 2009 filed in Internet Music, Legal

TechCrunch has published a damning rumor accusing the social music site Last.fm of helping the RIAA find users who downloaded leaked copies of U2’s new album. Relying on a tip, TechCrunch claims that the Last.fm, a subsidiary of CBS, handed over a “giant dump of user data to track down people who are scrobbling unreleased tracks.”

via Rumors On The Internets: Is Last.fm Sharing User Data With The RIAA?.

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