Woe is me, Muxtape goes down

My post about Muxtape has been getting several hits in the last few days, so I thought it appropriate to note that Muxtape has recently gone offline with this message on its homepage, “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.”

I found some more information about the situation via Wired’s update about the RIAA and Muxtape, specifically the following:

Michael Robertson’s old My.MP3.com service allowed users to stream the music they owned on CD only to themselves, and the RIAA shut that down. Muxtape, which does not require ownership of a CD in order to upload an MP3, and which allows users to listen to each others’ mixes, could face a harsher reaction. However, it’s conceivable that the RIAA has presented Muxtape with a list of stipulations with which they must comply, such as only allowing one song per artist to be uploaded or, in a extreme case, restricting all songs to 30 second samples.”

We’ve been pumped about Muxtape, and it’s already gained quite a bit of traction with its users, so keep your fingers crossed for them!

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