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Facebook Bails on Project Playlist, Too
Four days after MySpace cut the legs out from under Project Playlist by disabling the music streaming service's app, Facebook is following suit.
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Facebook Joins MySpace In Banning Project Playlist
paidContent — ... ) is a Playlist partner now, and all four are part of the MySpace Music JV. That last, of course, goes a long way to explaining why MySpace moved more quickly than Facebook when the issue was pressed. Facebook's rationale via MediaMemo: "The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) initially contacted Facebook last summer requesting the removal of the Project Playlist application for copyright violation, and recently reopened those communications. We have forwarded the RIAA's letters to Project Playlist so it can work directly with that organization ...

Music Playlists Application Disappears from Facebook Platform
Inside Facebook — ... app developers, and potential new partners, tonight it has (at least temporarily) removed one popular music application from the Facebook Platform. Music Playlists, until today the 2nd most popular music application on Facebook, has been removed due to “Terms of Service” violations, Facebook says, until it can resolve its issues directly with the RIAA. Music Playlists is a product of Project Playlist, whose MySpace music application was also cut off just a few days ago. Here’s Facebook’s full statement: ...

Former Facebook Exec Van Natta Set to Take Over at MySpace, As Founder DeWolfe Steps Down
BoomTown — ... But Van Natta’s fate has remained closely intertwined with MySpace, anyway. Project Playlist, the free music-streaming site he took over last fall, has seen traffic plummet after MySpace, along with Facebook, cut off the site’s access to their users, a move prompted by lawsuits from several major music companies. ...

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