Playlist prohibited from operating?!

Without warning, today, our Playlist of songs from 1960 now no longer plays, with the message:
"Due to licensing restrictions, some or all
tracks may be unavailable for playback
in your country."

Our ISP is in Canada - has anyone else encountered this? If it is true I guess we shall just sadly have to erase our favourite jukebox.

Michael

Hi Michael,

Hmmm...that is odd. I've not heard that before. It is possible they had to add a notice to some non-US ISPs. We are not seeing the notice here when we play the music on your site from the US. I see that you have a lot of classmates in other countries. I'm wondering if this is a global change on their part of if somehow your ISP is part of their block. You might want to ask a couple other classmates in other countries to confirm.

Jessica
Class Creator Support

Maybe it's a Canada notice -- not enough Canadian content?

(Probably not, but Canadian Radio Stations must play a high percentage of music by Canadian artists, as I recall from my days of living across the border.)

Try an alternative player provider -- mixpod.com uses YouTube for their content.

Today I went to create the monthly Top 10 Billboard hits from June 1961 today using MixPod.com.

Of the Top 10 hits, about half of them were unavailable from YouTube (the source of MixPod's music) with a message "Content Owner has disabled embedding."

There are some 'tribute' versions available (by an artist other than the one who had the hit.) So it seems it's the artist rather than the music that is being blocked.

Can't find anything on Google about this issue.

FYI

Michael,
Your playlist sounds great from where our computers are in the U.S.!
Sorry about the copyright issues, if you do the "search" of other playlists or use part of the song title, sometimes a slight modification of the name of the band/singer, you can often find what you are looking for. Some of the titles are not what they seem, an effort to still get the music, but not be revealed, but still get the song out here...Sometimes it takes a bit of time to search for the hidden treasures!
Sadly, many have pulled their music, but I think this may be counterintuitive. The more people that hear the music, the more it is going to be sought after and played. That is the ultimate goal, I would presume!
Good Luck! Long live the music!

Kris Thrailkill wrote:

Sadly, many have puller their music, but I think this may be counterintuitive. The more people that hear the music, the more it it going to be sought after and played. That is the ultimate goal, I would presume!
Good Luck! Long live the music!

I think the ultimate goal is to profit

A personal example: My first shareware program was "free" asking for a $5 donation if they thought it was worth it. The gist of the program did something 10X faster than any comparable program out at the time (1993). That meant about 10 minutes saved back. IOW it only took 1 minute what took anything else 10 minutes. Plus it was done many times (in making a game) - amounting to easily an hour a day. It was extremely popular and successful in being adopted.

The net result of that experiment ... I received $10 in 1 year. People do not pay for what is "free".

So back to the music - I'm pleased that so much older music is "free", but also not annoyed that others want to be paid. If they are not paid, then no more music. The $1 song stuff I think is a good approach. But letting everyone play anywhere for free is not going to generate $1 in sales

Back to my program. I then charged up front and finally made some money

You're right about the bottom line, Jack. I live in a world of naivete, but our eldest son has the same problem and "challenge" with his photographs, and the many hours he spends making something meet his expectations, and everyone wants it for "free"!
The internet and it's many technologies is a blessing and a curse! And i am relatively clueless in the confines of my simple mind!
On the Playlist note, is "auto-start" still an option or has that gone the way of many other things from the "Too good to be true" file? Does anyone else have a challenge with the auto-start option? I do not even see it as an option on the site anymore....ohwell!
Have a great day anyway!
Thanks, John. Glad to hear that it finally worked out alright for you! It's always nice to get paid for one's hard work! (I am not against the $1 per song thing, but the playlists' use seems very limited and it seems a bit benign to me, but then again, i am simpleton...)
Have Fun anyway...!

First let me say you are not a simpleton (nor naive), just expressing what is a very common view. It is very difficult to get "electronically" accessible data paid for if it is accessible for "free" some other way. Technically it's no different than stealing someone's property. Electronic data is treated like an imaginary product that has no substance, hence can't have value.

Maybe some of this attitude starts at school where very few teachers teach that this is a theft (clearly not aware of the copyright laws). If one is never told this is potentially a felony (and expensive), then there are no qualms about doing so. Just a case of "I didn't know".

Indeed, people are proud of having a pirated collection of MP3 music Would they show off the same way with a box of CDs they stole from a store?

As your eldest son discovered, it's a "challenge". For sure the internet is a blessing and a curse. If his work is good then I'd put up small images with a watermark and sell the final product without the watermark and of course much higher resolution. That's one way.

I'll see about the playlist thing. Maybe some sites still autostart, if so still supported. Just copy the older code maybe? -- so far though haven't found any that still autostart. Could be a bandwidth saving measure?

Thanks, Jack! Sorry about the name mix-up. My old-timerz reminds me to check before i write or think, but i usually ignore the prompts!
Thanks for the copyright insights. Sadly, many of today's classes do not carry an ethics clause anymore...and the younger generation is having a challenge keeping any motivation of such concepts! And the "old music" is finding a comeback, partly due to the lack of imagination in some of the "newer" music,etc. I am actually a simpleton who wishes for some of the more simple times, and i live in perpetual hope of Peace on Earth!
That being said, i just heard the first "commercials" on our playlist. A reality that my son had warned me about, thanks to Facebook,etc. Sadly another chapter of "It was Fun while it Lasted" closes...
Have a great weekend anyway!
Did Spring finally arrive for you all in the Pacific Northwest? Hope you all have a great summer!
Thanks again, Jack!!

There's something shiny outside. My wife tells me that's the sun

Although every cloud has a silver lining, i hope you get lots of sunshine the rest of this year! It's good for the soul!

Michael, have you tried mixpod.com

for your music options? After recent challenges with playlist, it looks like it may be a great alternative. Any other suggestions from anyone with more insight? It does have auto-play and it is free of charge. Hope it can help you get your music back!
Life is more Fun with good music!
Thanks again, Jack!

Mixpod is a mixed-bag these days. They rely on YouTube for their audio source and with music copyright holders preventing 'embedding' of their music, that probably placed a huge restriction on what music is available.

I tried 10 tunes from 1961 -- half were blocked from embedding.

A poor alternative -- provide links to the individual YouTube videos.

Hello Jack
I haven't been on my website for awhile but my playlist said the very same thing as yours. How did you correct it, get a new one? Also were did you go to find one to use with the oldies of the 60's. I'm glad that someone else had this problem and I'm not alone. Help,
Thanks,
Faye

Faye Hall wrote:

Not sure if you meant John instead. I did my own code for playing music - easy or hard to use depending on experience. I hinted in some other thread that an advanced topic section could work to explain how to add features to CC sites that are more than just pasting in embed code.

However, there is another player - HERE that works similar to Playlist.

The real solution for an easy to use player (using simple embed code) is for CC to modify their player so one can link to ANY mp3 file, not just one stored on CC

Yes, Playlist has discontinued the auto-start option & added commercials (don't you just love the Lowe's jingle?) We've had long-standing problems with them dropping tunes & sometimes lose up to 50% of any given playlist. Using an old embed code doesn't help. Good while it lasted, yes, but a real dissservice to those who used it our classmates who loved it. I agree that Mixpod isn't a great substitute.

Also has anyone noticed that Slide.com has dropped their music option? They say they plan to restore it but it's been months since the Google buyout & it hasn't happened. Our slide shows aren't the same without music! Does anyone have a good replacement?