Last.fm rumored about Techcrunch, was called 'full of shit'. Find the complete details below.
The news that was floating all over the web last weekend was the rumored post by Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch titled Did Last
.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?.
After the 'leaked U2 album' mishap, the RIAA was looking to investigate the matter in details (which was understandable) but TechCrunch
,a silicon valley tech blog crafted a whole story around a tip
(with no facts backing it up) that
TechCrunch received which claimed that Last
.fm,a music listening
web service passed over the music listening data details to
RIAA and is supposedly helping out RIAA in singling out individuals who are the early listeners to the leaked U2 album.
This would help RIAA identify the 'show spilling individuals' and possibly convict them. Last
.fm staffers
(from founder to other folks) had their weekend pissed off
,answering countless folks on
emails,Twitter,forums
,phone calls that the so called breaking news TechCrunch has written about is a "Complete bullshit". Richard Jones
,Last
.fm's co-founder commented on the Techcrunch's