Subscription music download service drip.fm closes

Music distribution service Drip.fm is closing. Drip created a paid music subscription service that artists could use as-a-service. Alt.rock weirdsters They Might Be Giants were one customer and used the site to offer downloads of the song-a-week released as part of the group's revived Dial-A-Song offering. The site's founders …

[a_yank_lurker]

Who?

They had a major problem, no buzz.

[Phil Kingston]

Must be the week for streaming services I've not heard of being closed.

[jake]

I guess ...

... nobody wants to live with a drip ;-)

[Anonymous Coward]

Live365

Live365 internet radio was founded in 1999 - and closed on Jan 31 2016. With it went several niche music streams that rarely get any public exposure on other media.

The demise was due to the Copyright Royalty Board music rates and the expiration of the Webcaster Settlement Act.

http://rainnews.com/live365-suffers-a-collision-of-misfortune-lays-off-most-employees-and-vacates-office/

[grumpyoldeyore]

Will the last person out..

.. please collect the blue canary from the attic. It's by the lightswitch.