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8 months ago

in 2008/10/19/ilike-tunecore/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
As co-founder of iLike, I'm responding to Jeremy F's comment. First, I'm flattered that our 2-yr-old startup is considered by anybody to be a "monster" :)

Jeremy said two incorrect statements:

1. NOT TRUE: iLike "limits music fans to 30-sec clips." In fact, you can play any song in its entirety, without registering or anything; just click play and listen. After you've exhausted a monthly quote of 25 songs, it gets reduced to 30-sec clips; you can then pay for Rhapsody, or you can wait till the end of the month and your quota of 25-free is reset.

2. NOT TRUE: iLike "doesn't even pay a dime to indie Artists." That was true before, but the Tunecore deal fixes exactly that! Now indie artists have a choice: they can upload their music to be streamed royalty-free without limits; or they can submit it to Rhapsody via Tunecore and get paid $0.01/play every time their song is streamed on iLike. There are benefits to either choice, and we let the artist decide.

Ali

ps. I am a fan of Jeff Price and his outspoken support of the indie spirit.

1 year ago

in Bono gets jiggy with the Facebook on Mathew's comments
hey this is Ali from iLike.

Just wanted to correct a couple of factual errors. First, Elevation Partners is not an investor in iLike.

Second, they did not post the song "on Facebook," but rather "on iLike," which syndicates content to fans across multiple platforms including Facebook.

Lastly, U2 already had over 1.1 million fans on iLike *before* they posted the clip. Most major artists now reach more fans on iLike than on Myspace, in part because iLike is "syndicated" across multiple platforms.
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mathewi Thanks, Ali -- I corrected the Elevation investment error after someone from Elevation emailed me to point that out. My bad. And your other points are good ones as well -- I should have made it clear that iLike is more than just a Facebook widget.
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