Muxtape, the simple, awesome and insanely popular online mix tape creator went offline last month with a brief explanation: “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.” Since then, we haven’t heard anything about it. Until now. Justin, the creator of Muxtape, just posted a long, detailed account of what exactly happened and what the future of the site holds. It’s a pretty great inside look at just how stupid and confused the music industry is right now.
We all know about Pandora’s troubles paying their ever-increasing rent to the RIAA Copyright Royalty Board, but now another one of our favourite internet music spots could be succumbing to corporate pressure as well. Muxtape, the site that allowed users to make 12-song playlists of their music and share them online has been (temporarily?) shut down. Their page is left with the simple message “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.” And once again, the RIAA does its job to ensure that no one anywhere gets excited about music. [Muxtape via OhGizmo]
