Muxtape returns, legally

Last year, one of the neatest web apps available was Muxtape, a way for anybody to create a page with 12 of their favorite songs. People naturally took to uploading songs that are under the copyright of record labels, the RIAA intervened and shut the excellent Muxtape down.

Muxtape failed to gain the licensing required for the vast amount of songs being uploaded to the service, so it instead gravitated to the indie scene. Muxtape has returned, this time as a service for music artists to use to share their music with the world. As artists consent to having their music published on the site, users can make mixes out of the songs that are now legally available.

While this is much more limited than the previous incarnation of the service, the music list looks promising — artists such as Girl Talk and Of Montreal have already hopped on board. Muxtape’s interface is still a joy to use, and provided the content keeps getting better, there is hope yet for Muxtape.

via [Muxtape]