A 15-year-old
has created a free-music service by nicking YouTube's music
videos.
Muziic, created by teen developer David Nelson, has built an
iTunes-like interface on top of YouTube. It means that users can stream
YouTube's music to their PCs without fiddling with videos. Punters can also
build playlists and organise songs in a way similar to iTunes.
The idea
is one that the music industry is working on and while the software has been
released, it is yet to receive the blessing of Google. This could be that
Nelson could be receiving a nasty letter from
YouTube's solicitors.
When
Cnet got in touch with them about the software they said that they had not
heard of it. On a preliminary review, however, it appears that the site
violates YouTube's API terms of use.
I spoke with Mark Nelson, David's father, said
that they tried to contact YouTube when Muziic launched on February 25, but
YouTube executives never responded.
More
here.