The problem with funkwhale is legality. Unless somebody buys the streaming rights for copyrighted music, only CC music or copyleft music can be streamed, or stuff like podcasts uploaded and made by the content creators. However, many people with podcasts are trying to make money, which makes this a non-starter without some method of compensation.
What it first needs is a way to compensate content creators, then it needs publicity. If you got a bunch of random people to upload their shit because they can make money with it, then we’re talking. Until then, people like me won’t use it as users for lack of content nor as hosters for fear of legal repercussions.
Edit: Also, even for private use it doesn’t fulfill my needs. It doesn’t have smart playlists and last I checked didn’t have star ratings (only hearts). Back when I evaluated it, it didn’t have a quick track view either.
IMO, if this were hosted on I2P and I2P had decent speeds, it would take off like coke in a bottle.
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What it first needs is a way to compensate content creators
Agreed. This is why I wrote a proposal to fund musicians, and it’s also why I’m adding crowdfunding support to Communick.
I have a Funkwhale instance set up and it is part of the services provided for those that subscribe to Communick. It does have some users, but to be honest I’m more interested now in making it more appealing for musicians who want to distribute/promote their own content, rather than use it as a “music locker” system.
It doesn’t have smart playlists
It has the “radio” feature, which sort of works like a smart playlist, no?
The problem with funkwhale is legality. Unless somebody buys the streaming rights for copyrighted music, only CC music or copyleft music can be streamed, or stuff like podcasts uploaded and made by the content creators. However, many people with podcasts are trying to make money, which makes this a non-starter without some method of compensation.
What it first needs is a way to compensate content creators, then it needs publicity. If you got a bunch of random people to upload their shit because they can make money with it, then we’re talking. Until then, people like me won’t use it as users for lack of content nor as hosters for fear of legal repercussions.
Edit: Also, even for private use it doesn’t fulfill my needs. It doesn’t have smart playlists and last I checked didn’t have star ratings (only hearts). Back when I evaluated it, it didn’t have a quick track view either.
IMO, if this were hosted on I2P and I2P had decent speeds, it would take off like coke in a bottle.
Anti Commercial AI thingy
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell #!nix-shell -i bash --packages xautomation xclip sleep 0.2 (echo '::: spoiler Anti Commercial AI thingy [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Inserted with a keystroke running this script on linux with X11 ```bash' cat "$0" echo '``` :::') | xclip -selection clipboard xte "keydown Control_L" "key V" "keyup Control_L"Agreed. This is why I wrote a proposal to fund musicians, and it’s also why I’m adding crowdfunding support to Communick.
I have a Funkwhale instance set up and it is part of the services provided for those that subscribe to Communick. It does have some users, but to be honest I’m more interested now in making it more appealing for musicians who want to distribute/promote their own content, rather than use it as a “music locker” system.
It has the “radio” feature, which sort of works like a smart playlist, no?