“Last.fm didn’t hand user data over to the RIAA. According to our source, it was their parent company, CBS, that did it.”
“The person who first leaked the news was terminated from CBS for the leak, says our original source, and threatened with legal action. He understandably went very quiet.”
What a bunch of f’ing hypocrites and jerkoffs. You’ll remember last.fm chipping in with this back in Febuary. No, I didn’t really anticipate RIAA lawsuits, I was only being facetious, but still and all something smelled fishy. And now we know more. DEFINITELY go to TechCrunch and read the full article. To both CBS and Last.fm, wow, just wow. If you are going to have staff commenting on blogs with
We were never asked to, nor would we share any data with the RIAA. It’s a rumour that TechCrunch decided to run without even asking us first. It’s absolutely untrue.
and title your Official blog post “Techcrunch are Full of Shit” (real professional by the way), you probably shouldn’t be covering up facts, because in the end, it’s only going to make things worse. I’m glad these a-holes got caught in their lies.