Difference between revisions of "SoundCloud"
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In February 2016, a report casted “significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”<ref>http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/</ref> | In February 2016, a report casted “significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”<ref>http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/</ref> | ||
In July 2017, SoundCloud announced that they are firing 173 staff members to get "on [their] path to profitability".<ref>https://blog.soundcloud.com/2017/07/06/note-alex-ljung/</ref> | |||
Archive Team considers the SoundCloud service in danger and, as it hosts a lot of original content, finds it important to prepare to save it selectively (a full grab would be too big and would raise concerns of mass copyright infringement).<ref>http://archive.fart.website/bin/irclogger_log/archiveteam?date=2015-08-27,Thu&sel=180#l176</ref><ref>http://archive.fart.website/bin/irclogger_log/archiveteam?date=2016-02-11,Thu&sel=131#l127</ref> | |||
Thus, a discussion has started in the {{IRC|soundclown}} channel. | Thus, a discussion has started in the {{IRC|soundclown}} channel. | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 7 July 2017
| SoundCloud | |
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| URL | http://soundcloud.com[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] |
| Status | Endangered |
| Archiving status | Not saved yet |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #soundclown (on hackint) |
SoundCloud is a global online audio distribution platform that enables its users to upload, record, promote, and share their originally-created sounds.[1]
In August 2015, SoundCloud was threatened to be pursued through the courts for unpaid royalties.[2]
In February 2016, a report casted “significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”[3]
In July 2017, SoundCloud announced that they are firing 173 staff members to get "on [their] path to profitability".[4]
Archive Team considers the SoundCloud service in danger and, as it hosts a lot of original content, finds it important to prepare to save it selectively (a full grab would be too big and would raise concerns of mass copyright infringement).[5][6]
Thus, a discussion has started in the #soundclown (on hackint) channel.
As of April 2017 the 128k MP3 streams of all public tracks on SoundCloud total 855TB.
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundCloud
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34072255/soundcloud-to-be-sued-by-prs-in-royalties-row
- ↑ http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/
- ↑ https://blog.soundcloud.com/2017/07/06/note-alex-ljung/
- ↑ http://archive.fart.website/bin/irclogger_log/archiveteam?date=2015-08-27,Thu&sel=180#l176
- ↑ http://archive.fart.website/bin/irclogger_log/archiveteam?date=2016-02-11,Thu&sel=131#l127