Mosoto launched their peer-to-peer file swapping and chatting application using the Facebook API back in February. It was one of the best executed programs using the API when they launched. Now they’re back and integrated into the Facebook platform, making it easy to catch up with your friends on the newsfeed and snatch their music.
Mosoto Remix adds a little widget on your profile that shares the music you and your friends are listening to. Within the widget you can upload full songs, create playlists, and see the most recently uploaded/played music from your friends. If you hear something you like, you can also add songs from your friends to your own account or buy it from iTunes. It’s essentially a specialized implementation of the Box.net widget, which provides the storage for all the files. Their canvas page also lets you chat with other Mosoto users.
Remix walks a gray line by giving users the ability to upload and play back full songs, although they don’t allow downloads. Facebook music applications from startups like Last.fm (70K+ users) and the incredibly popular iLike (3 million+ users) service restrict playback length or order. There are a couple other music widgets on Facebook as well. Audio (500K + users) and Boombox (17K users) also allow members to upload songs and create playlists.
Audio’s large user base has upped it’s profile and caused it to respond to allegations of piracy. In a note to his users, the developer of Audio denies being a “digital anarchist”, saying “I’m a good friend of the music industry, and someone trying to help come up with ways for it to grow. I truly believe that the sort of socially-integrated audio experience that Audio can offer will lead to the future of the music industry – both in terms of relevance and revenue.”
However, other music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of licensing issues. With both systems playing by a separate set or rules, it seems inevitable that the pay to play and free movements will clash, with Facebook in the middle.
Cool application. Though you need to register with box.net in order to get started with your account.
imeem does it best.
wow … very nice tool … think it will cause alot of trouble … with the way the music industry is now a days … yea !
ETL:Estimated time to lawsuit – two weeks.
“Now they’re back and integrated into the Facebook platform, making it easy to catch up with your friends on the newsfeed and snatch their music.”
Cool new way to steal from musicians! Because it’d be their music you’d be snatching. Your friends probably didn’t pay for it in the first place.
Mmm…Yeah, sounds like a lawsuit will be quickly in the works. Pandora, Lala, etc. are taking the safe road on this one.
yep i agree imeem does it best
Even axis of evil nation have advance technology than U.S technology. They have spy satelliate and able to hack u.s datas, including your ss#, cc#, etc..
They will do anything to screw your famous image or turn into jackass hero.
“The founder Mark Zuckerberg in an exclusive interview says,”… weird how he talks about himself in the third person, huh?
That Zuckerberg manifesto
Shows lack of any testo
So give it a resto
Go back to surfing breasto
Putz.
Nice blog post Nick,
It will indeed be very interesting to see how this shakes out. As you would expect, music is one of the fastest adopted catagories of new facebook applications…
We happen to be big fans of the box facebook application and the facebook f8 platform.
There are some gray areas that will become clearer over time. Music is always a hotbed of litigation with new disruptive technologies.
We rated & reviewed the box facebook application here on facereviews.com http://facerevi...k-widget-review
Cheers,
Rodney Rumford
yeah – I can see a lawsuit quickly
– would estimate TC covering it makes it probably /
– 40% faster than usual
Nice application but i think they should ease the process fot you to use your account.
There’s another music sharing app on facebook that puts a player in your profile called MusicPlayer. I like it better than audio and boombox: http://apps.fac...k.com/playmusic
“There are some gray areas that will become clearer over time.”
Rodney, stealing isn’t a gray areas. People losing their livelihoods in all sectors of the music bizz also isn’t a gray area. Stop seeing the legitimate rights holders of that music as pesky roadblocks on the way to progress. Facebook and that cool new plugin would allow and encourage copyright infringement and stealing.