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    Muxtape hacked, causing emo indie types to weep more than usual

    By Jackson West, 5:20 PM on Wed May 21 2008, 653 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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    Reports came in over the last hour that Muxtape was hacked, and the online-music startup has confirmed the news on its blog.

    This afternoon, someone gained access to our server and caused some problems. We are investigating and will have more information soon.
    All the various mixes played one song and one song only — noodly downtempo chillout "Good Disease" by Aim. Could a sufficiently emo Connected Ventures engineer ticked at Muxtape backer Jakob Lodwick's poaching of Justin Ouellette have decided to take matters into his own hands?

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    MySpace Music — like Muxtape, except people who wear deodorant will use it

    MySpace Music, a joint venture between the News Corp. social network and music labels Universal, Sony and Warner,finally launches next week, says Fortune, though it still won't have a CEO. More »
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    Is Opentape a jab at the RIAA?

    Following the shutdown of Muxtape, a site for posting online mixtapes, in a dispute with the music industry, someone has launched Opentape.fm, where you can download code to easily create your own Muxtape-like online mixtapes of MP3 files. More »

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