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 Send to email | MixTube, Yet Another Muxtape Clone, Launches With Help From YouTube (GOOG) in AMZNGOOGAAPL |  By Silicon
el 23-Sep-2008 |  Short-lived startup Muxtape had a great, but illegal, idea: users could upload 12 MP3s in any order, share their playlists with friends, and the service provided links to buy the songs on Apple's (AAPL) iTunes or on Amazon (AMZN). But the RIAA didn't think too highly of the service, and Muxtape shut down last month. Now we have MixTube, who thinks they've found a legal loophole that will allow them to offer essentially the same service. We're not so sure.
Here's how MixTube works: Instead of hosting MP3s on their own servers, the site plays only the audio portion from YouTube (GOOG) videos. Users can create playlists of YouTube videos to play (audio-only), and just like Muxtape, buy the tracks for themselves from Amazon. Try it for yourself with MixTube's Beatles playlist. You're not going to get high-quality audio, but then again, you're not paying for it, either.
The MixTube idea is clever, and we imagine the MixTubers think they've worked around some of the legal landmines that MuxTape ran into, since they're not hosting the music themselves. In theory, any copyright problems (and bandwidth costs, for that matter) are Google's problems. But the labels have also gone after MixTube-like services that don't host copyrighted materials as well (see Seeqpod), and at this point, it's not clear where the courts are going to come down on this one. More practically, we're not sure the MixTube folks have the stomach or wallet for a legal fight.
And what about YouTube? Don't they have a problem with this? Not from what we can tell. Then again, we're not sure the Google spokeswoman we talked to was clear about what was going on:
The videos available through the YouTube API are by and large the same as those on www.youtube.com. However, content uploaders can choose not to have their videos syndicated if they wish.
So: In the short-term, if you're a Muxtape fan, go ahead and enjoy MixTube. But we wouldn't get too attached to it.
See also: Muxtape: Make A Mix Tape, Make Some Cash?
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| Muxtape Is Dead. Long Live Muxtape! | | Justin Ouellette's music sharing site Muxtape, which he put on ice in August, is staging a comeback. Sort of.
In a post on muxtape.com, Ouellette finally explains why he had to shut down the service: He'd [..] Read complete article | | Published 25-Sep-2008 by Silicon in General
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| CBS Putting Full-Length Episodes On YouTube (CBS, GOOG) | | CBS and YouTube have inked a deal to show full-length TV shows on the video site, starting out with old episodes of "Star Trek," "Beverly Hills 90210" and "MacGyver," and new episodes of "Dexter," "Californication" and "The Young And The Restless," AdAge reports.
It's the first time YouTube is putting full-length shows from a partner with any sort of regularity, according to YouTube exec [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Oct-2008 by Silicon in General
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| Why A Muxtape Comeback Won't Last | | Music sharing site Muxtape has been down for almost three days. Is it ever coming back?
Maybe, but probably not for good. The company -- essentially one guy, former IAC/Vimeo employee Justin Oullette -- insisted on its bl [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Aug-2008 by Silicon in RIAA
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| Muxtape forced to dump original model; prepares for relaunch | | Talk about great reads. Muxtape founder Justin Ouellette finally let the cat out of the bag today and published a lengthy report of his recent trials and tribulations. For outsiders looking in, reading about dealings with the unmitigated disaster that is the music industry is like a guilty pleasure. Rage seems to build with each [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Sep-2008 by Zach Epstein in AudioNewsInternet RadioLast.fmMuxtapePandoraRIAARoyaltiesSoundExchange
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| Muxtape Takes Fire from the RIAA |  It looks like the big guys aren’t the only ones feeling the wrath of the RIAA these days, and it’s only bound to get worse. Muxtape, a service that allows users to upload music from their personal libraries to create an online mixtape, currently services less than 90,000 unique visitors per month according to Compete. [...]
[..] Read complete article | | Published 19-Aug-2008 by Zach Epstein in AudioNewsInternet RadioLast.fmMuxtapePandoraRIAARoyaltiesSoundExchange
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| Muxtape: Make A Mix Tape, Make Some Cash? | | Perhaps the hottest site at tonight's New York Tech Meetup: Muxtape, the dead-simple music sharing/discovery site created by former Vimeo/IAC developer Justin Ouellette. What is it? The 21st Century equivalent of the mix tape -- [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Apr-2008 by Silicon in AAPLAMZN
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