We want to share an update regarding music services used in IMVU Classic rooms.
IMVU currently partners with Vervelife, a third party music licensing and distribution provider that supplies the music catalog used in IMVU Classic. Vervelife manages licensing with music rights holders and handles the vendor payments and legal compliance required to make this music available on the platform.
Vervelife has made the decision to discontinue support for the music services they provide. Because this service, including its licensing, infrastructure, and continued operation, is entirely owned and managed by Vervelife, this change is outside of IMVU’s control, and we do not have the ability to maintain or extend it.
We know music plays an important role in many IMVU rooms and experiences, and we understand this news may be disappointing. Our team is actively exploring alternative music solutions that could be compatible with IMVU Classic’s legacy technology.
In the meantime: • Music purchases through the Vervelife system have already been disabled. • Radio streaming remains supported on other platforms, including IMVU Web, Desktop, and Mobile. • Existing Flash radio streaming products are not expected to be affected.
We understand many of you have invested in music for your rooms, and we’re taking steps to support impacted users during this transition. We will be accommodating refunds for recent music streaming purchases where applicable. Eligible users will be contacted directly in the coming weeks with more information.
We will continue to share updates as we learn more about the timeline for this transition and evaluate possible solutions.
Thank you for your understanding and for continuing to make IMVU a place full of creativity, expression, and great music.
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3DScreenposted
about 2 months ago
"They’re amazing people who are constantly working to create a better IMVU experience. Even when they face challenges, I can only imagine how hard they're working to resolve them. Honestly, they’re more focused and dedicated to this than any of us."
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Jennaposted
about 2 months ago
"Recent music streaming purchases"? What about the many years worth of music most of us have? Will it all be refunded? I for one own over 1,000 songs...will I be refunded for all or just recent? And why hasn't the radio streaming serves been made available to us Classic Users yet? And like the above said, we don't want predits since we used real money (credits) to purchase them in the first place :(
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TerahNovaposted
about 2 months ago
I hope, unlike 'music rings', restitution does not come in Predits - we did not pay with predits
We want to share an update regarding music services used in IMVU Classic rooms.
IMVU currently partners with Vervelife, a third party music licensing and distribution provider that supplies the music catalog used in IMVU Classic. Vervelife manages licensing with music rights holders and handles the vendor payments and legal compliance required to make this music available on the platform.
Vervelife has made the decision to discontinue support for the music services they provide. Because this service, including its licensing, infrastructure, and continued operation, is entirely owned and managed by Vervelife, this change is outside of IMVU’s control, and we do not have the ability to maintain or extend it.
We know music plays an important role in many IMVU rooms and experiences, and we understand this news may be disappointing. Our team is actively exploring alternative music solutions that could be compatible with IMVU Classic’s legacy technology.
In the meantime:
• Music purchases through the Vervelife system have already been disabled.
• Radio streaming remains supported on other platforms, including IMVU Web, Desktop, and Mobile.
• Existing Flash radio streaming products are not expected to be affected.
We understand many of you have invested in music for your rooms, and we’re taking steps to support impacted users during this transition. We will be accommodating refunds for recent music streaming purchases where applicable. Eligible users will be contacted directly in the coming weeks with more information.
We will continue to share updates as we learn more about the timeline for this transition and evaluate possible solutions.
Thank you for your understanding and for continuing to make IMVU a place full of creativity, expression, and great music.
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125 Comments
3DScreen posted about 2 months ago
"They’re amazing people who are constantly working to create a better IMVU experience. Even when they face challenges, I can only imagine how hard they're working to resolve them. Honestly, they’re more focused and dedicated to this than any of us."
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Jenna posted about 2 months ago
"Recent music streaming purchases"? What about the many years worth of music most of us have? Will it all be refunded? I for one own over 1,000 songs...will I be refunded for all or just recent? And why hasn't the radio streaming serves been made available to us Classic Users yet? And like the above said, we don't want predits since we used real money (credits) to purchase them in the first place :(
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Guest posted about 2 months ago
I want to change my emoal
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I want to change my email
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TerahNova posted about 2 months ago
I hope, unlike 'music rings', restitution does not come in Predits - we did not pay with predits
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