Yahoo! Music Radio (formerly known as LAUNCHcast) was an Internet radio service. The service, which featured both an advertising supported free version and a subscription fee-based premium version, allowed users to create personalized Internet radio stations by rating songs selected by a recommender system. Users were also able to listen to music from 150 preset Internet radio stations.[1]
LAUNCHcast logo used until 2009Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast logo used from 2005 to 2009Yahoo Music player from 2009 to late 2010LAUNCHcast powered by CBS Radio logo used until September 2009.
The service was developed by Todd Beaupré and Jeff Boulter of LAUNCH Media and debuted on November 11, 1999. In June 2001, after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the company faced financial difficulty and was acquired by Yahoo! for $12 million, after which it was integrated into Yahoo! Music.[2][3] At that time, the service had 7.4 million users.[4]
In December 2008, the service was integrated into CBS Radio due to a rise in royalty rates, with CBS taking full control of the service, including advertising and sales and adding compatibility with Firefox and Safari.[5][6][7][8]
The service was integrated into iHeartRadio in June 2012, providing listeners exclusive access to music events such as the iHeartRadio Music Festival.[9] The service was shut down in early 2014 without any announcement.
Legal issuesedit
In January 2003, the company settled a lawsuit with Sony Music over its license covering use of Sony-owned recordings.[10]
On April 27, 2007, Yahoo defeated Sony BMG in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving LAUNCHcast's personalization features.[11] At issue was whether or not LAUNCHcast's "personal radio station" constitutes an "interactive" service, which requires a negotiated license agreement with a record company, or a "non-interactive" service, which requires a cheaper "compulsory license" from SoundExchange. In an "interactive" service, users can play songs on demand, but with LAUNCHcast they can only influence whether or not a particular song appears in their station.
After a six-year litigation, a jury decided that LAUNCHcast was not required to negotiate licenses as an "interactive" service, and that the service's compulsory licenses as a "non-interactive" service were sufficient. The plaintiffs appealed the decision but on August 21, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the lower court's decision, finding that users did not have sufficient control over the playlists generated by LAUNCHcast to render it an "interactive service".[12]
^Yahoo! Defeats Sony BMG Infringement Suit May 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com (accessed May 2, 2007)
^RIAA loses its case against Yahoo's Launch Media internet radio station provider (accessed August 23, 2009)
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yahoo, music, radio, formerly, known, launchcast, internet, radio, service, service, which, featured, both, advertising, supported, free, version, subscription, based, premium, version, allowed, users, create, personalized, internet, radio, stations, rating, s. Yahoo Music Radio formerly known as LAUNCHcast was an Internet radio service The service which featured both an advertising supported free version and a subscription fee based premium version allowed users to create personalized Internet radio stations by rating songs selected by a recommender system Users were also able to listen to music from 150 preset Internet radio stations 1 Yahoo MusicDeveloper s LAUNCH Media 1999 2002 Yahoo 2002 2009 CBS Radio 2009 2012 iHeartRadio 2012 2014 Initial releaseNovember 11 1999 24 years ago 1999 11 11 as LAUNCHcast TypeBroadcastingInternet radio LAUNCHcast logo used until 2009 Yahoo Music LAUNCHcast logo used from 2005 to 2009 Yahoo Music player from 2009 to late 2010 LAUNCHcast powered by CBS Radio logo used until September 2009 Contents 1 History 2 Legal issues 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe service was developed by Todd Beaupre and Jeff Boulter of LAUNCH Media and debuted on November 11 1999 In June 2001 after the bursting of the dot com bubble the company faced financial difficulty and was acquired by Yahoo for 12 million after which it was integrated into Yahoo Music 2 3 At that time the service had 7 4 million users 4 In December 2008 the service was integrated into CBS Radio due to a rise in royalty rates with CBS taking full control of the service including advertising and sales and adding compatibility with Firefox and Safari 5 6 7 8 The service was integrated into iHeartRadio in June 2012 providing listeners exclusive access to music events such as the iHeartRadio Music Festival 9 The service was shut down in early 2014 without any announcement Legal issues editIn January 2003 the company settled a lawsuit with Sony Music over its license covering use of Sony owned recordings 10 On April 27 2007 Yahoo defeated Sony BMG in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving LAUNCHcast s personalization features 11 At issue was whether or not LAUNCHcast s personal radio station constitutes an interactive service which requires a negotiated license agreement with a record company or a non interactive service which requires a cheaper compulsory license from SoundExchange In an interactive service users can play songs on demand but with LAUNCHcast they can only influence whether or not a particular song appears in their station After a six year litigation a jury decided that LAUNCHcast was not required to negotiate licenses as an interactive service and that the service s compulsory licenses as a non interactive service were sufficient The plaintiffs appealed the decision but on August 21 2009 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the lower court s decision finding that users did not have sufficient control over the playlists generated by LAUNCHcast to render it an interactive service 12 See also edit nbsp Radio portal Yahoo Music AOL RadioReferences edit Williams Martyn January 29 2003 Report Yahoo to launch subscription music service Computerworld Yahoo Expands Music Portfolio With Deal to Buy Launch Media The Wall Street Journal June 28 2001 KING BRAD June 28 2001 Yahoo Launches Into Web Music Wired Flynn Laurie J June 29 2001 Internet Yahoo Buys A Music Service The New York Times LIEDTKE MICHAEL December 3 2008 Rising royalties send Yahoo s Launchcast to CBS NBC News Reisinger Don December 3 2008 Yahoo hands Launchcast to CBS Radio CNET Bachman Katy December 3 2008 CBS to Power Yahoo s LaunchCast AdWeek Arrington Michael December 3 2008 Yahoo To Relaunch Launchcast Next Year With CBS Radio TechCrunch Gardner Eriq June 27 2012 Yahoo and Clear Channel Forge Digital Radio Partnership The Hollywood Reporter Williams Martyn January 28 2003 Yahoo Sony settle Launchcast lawsuit Computerworld Yahoo Defeats Sony BMG Infringement Suit Archived May 2 2007 at the Wayback Machine Billboard com accessed May 2 2007 RIAA loses its case against Yahoo s Launch Media internet radio station provider accessed August 23 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yahoo Music Radio amp oldid 1222932521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
