Social music startup DropPlay blends YouTube, Facebook and Pandora
Social music startup DropPlay launched today, tying together YouTube, Facebook and a recommendation service similar to Pandora Radio to provide what the company claims is the equivalent of a free online version of iTunes. The site lets you search for any song (which plays as a YouTube video), save and add songs to playlists, share music with friends via Facebook Connect, and discover new music based on previous selections.
When you first navigate to the site,… Continue Reading
More record companies take aim at music search engine SeeqPod
EMI and Capitol Records have jumped on the bandwagon, filing suit against music search engine SeeqPod for copyright infringement in New York. They’re following in the footsteps of Warner Music Group, which took action against the site in California in January 2008. There has yet to be a settlement in that case. But EMI and Capitol have upped the ante, targeting individual employees and investors, in addition to the company itself, for monetary damages.
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SeeqPod, “playable” music search
SeeqPod is a music search and recommendation website that indexes uploaded music from around the web and lets you instantly play the songs you find when you search.
There are other music search sites with some similar functions, like imeem and Mercora, but SeeqPod is different because it pulls music from across the web, legal or not. Imeem depends on uploads to its site, and both it and and Mercora try to let users listen… Continue Reading