Tape Popped.
This past Monday Muxtape went down. On their site it simply reads “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.”
The RIAA‘s position is that Muxtape is hosting content illegally. In a statement regarding the closing of the site the RIAA said, “Muxtape was hosting copies of copyrighted recordings without authorization from the copyright owners. Making recordings available for streaming playback also requires authorization from the copyright owners.”
It’s too bad. The site was a great way to share, learn and listen to new music, we really enjoyed using it. Though, I can’t say that I’m surprised, we’ve all had this conversation before, this is what happens when the music industry meets new technology.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Damn! Just when I was planning a Lila/Rosa/Esperanza mash-up.
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 PM
The Mux will be missed! Until then I guess back to Pandora. Oh well.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Sad to see it go…Long Live The Mux!