Seeqpod Joins the Web Graveyard?

Tagged with:
Industry 

Written By:

Aidan Williamson

27th April 2009
At 16:40 GMT

2 comment(s)

The legal alternatives for music lovers are falling faster than their illegal counterparts it seems. Seeqpod, a search engine which connects users with music available on the web has gone dark.

The company came under fire from the recording industry early in 2008 after Warner Music, Electra Records and Rhino Records filed lawsuits against the company. This made Seeqpod the first service to be sued for merely searching and presenting media available on other people's servers.

To illustrate, it's much like suing your local library for stocking a title by an author who has previously been accused of plagiarism.

Due mostly to the legal challenges, the company filed for bankruptcy. On Friday, the website went down, effectively ending the company's tenure on the internet. Although the company released a statement claiming that "SeeqPod is in the process of moving a few servers... We'll be back up shortly" commentators have been less optimistic, suggesting that they are stalling in a last ditch effort to find a financial backer. Such a backer would open themselves up to the potential of multi-million dollar lawsuits from the pending legal wranglings.

Bookmark this page:

delicious icon Stumble Upon icon Digg icon

User Comments

-2

Comment By:

walker

commented 10 months ago

:(

this has to happen as soon as i find out that you can download songs from there straight from my ipods internet browser

Rate This Comment:

I Agree Comment Sucks

4

Comment By:

Gavin

commented 10 months ago

Aidan, quit listening to the Black Crowes......

Rate This Comment:

I Agree Comment Sucks

Have your say

Want to save time entering your info and save your comments?