Muxtape was such a cool idea. Make your own digital mixtape and share it with your friends.

So of course, the RIAA had to step in and ruin it.

Rolling Stone reports that Muxtape is probably on solid legal ground, protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, but that legal expenses may be a problem:

“‘I think they have a strong legal defense,’ Von Lohmann told RollingStone.com. ‘The problem is if they might not have that money to go to court and take on the RIAA.’ Von Lohmann said legal fees could cost around $2-3 million, an investment the Websites would likely rather spend on tech engineers.”

Link (to “How Screwed Is Muxtape?” via Rolling Stone)

Link (to “Muxtape Down Because of RIAA” via Ghacks)