MyPlaylist Finally Closes Its Doors

Myplaylist is now closed... Since the demise of Seeqpod last year who generously provided the music content via their API, this site been on death watch. Unfortunately that time has now come...

I could have switched to the YouTube API for content (like others in this sector have done) however, given the current climate with there now being many more advanced music discovery sites by companies who have gone to great lengths to make mutually advantageous deals with the music labels, IMO it is now time to stand aside and give these officially endorsed sites every opportunity to make their ventures a success.

History: There were many years of failed policies by the labels who fought to protect their copyright and refused to take advantage of new technology, it therefore left a vacuum in which other innovators filled and hence came offerings such as Myplaylist.

Myplaylist played a tiny role by innovating a concept where a bands music would be seamlessly compiled into a playlist while at the same time a slide show of up to 500 photos taken at the bands concerts by fans accompanied the playlist.

The concept was unique and innovative by combining two APIs (Flickr and Seeqpod) to create a pain free way to automatically compile these mash-ups of music playlists coupled with slideshows of the bands concert photos.

Today: There are now many more companies who have managed to successfully negotiate with the labels to bring content to a wider online audience and sites such as this may have helped bridge the gap and or provide incentives to labels to negotiate with technologists in this space.

Since I am now busy with other projects I have decided to close the site rather than further maintain it. If there are other players in this sector who would like to take over the technology developed for their own applications then please contact me below.

Agentbleu

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