14 DAY TRIAL // Music and video streaming is becoming increasingly popular around end-users, for more reasons that one could imagine – it is not only because it comes with no price tag, but also because people use computers for work anyway, and it is more comfortable for them to simply launch an online streaming site than to open a dedicated desktop application and look for the tunes they prefer. Muziic is one of the websites that provide such a service and it has streamed 250 million tracks so far.
This platform was founded in 2009 and it started as a Windows application that has been downloaded more than three million times ever since. In December 2009, the Facebook app and the web player were released, followed by the development of iPhone and iPad apps. It is reported that they are currently working on Mac and Android utilities.
The principle used by Muziic to function is that it enables users to stream any audio or video track on-demand, to connect to multiple online radio stations, and to play multimedia files from their computer. Furthermore, Muziic uses the YouTube API to allow them to create playlists containing YouTube videos, local media and other web-based files, all at the same time.
Ever since Muziic was launched, many have wondered about its legality, and its founder, David Nelson, claims that everything is legal. Nonetheless, it is doubtful that the large music publishers condone these practices, since they do not receive any payment for the tracks played on Muziic and they actually lose part of their income.
Numerous lawsuits related to copyright infringements are already in process with large companies (such as LimeWire, Google, The Pirate Bay, to name only a few), therefore it is quite predictable that they also turn their attention towards the smaller companies, and require compensation for the money they have lost on account of online streaming.