Where is Musi now?
Currently musi is still not in the app store – which was their only platform. Apple isn’t the only anti-musi company, youtube is also in the dispute. Musi pulls music from youtube and allows people to stream it for free. Musi have said that the service that they offer is no different from a web browser. Why did musi get discontinued. As mentioned above, musi used youtube‘s public api, which allows third-party apps to access video data. While the practice wasn’t illegal, it pushed against youtube’s terms of service, especially when apps allowed background playback without showing ads. Over time, that became a violation .Apple kicked Musi out of the App Store after receiving several copyright complaints. Musi works by streaming music from YouTube—seemingly avoiding paying to license songs—and YouTube was unsurprisingly chief among those urging Apple to stop allowing the alleged infringement.Specifically, YouTube’s counsel claimed that the Musi app violated YouTube’s Terms of Service because (1) the Musi app accessed and used YouTube’s non-public interfaces; (2) the Musi app used the service for a commercial use; and (3) the Musi app violated YouTube’s prohibition on the sale of advertising “on any page of .Apple removed the Musi app from App Store on September 24, 2024, following Musi’s failure to resolve the July 2024 YouTube complaint, and following the numerous additional complaints from the music industry outlining Musi’s potential copyright violations.And unlike Apple Music or Spotify, which make their own deals with record labels and pay artists for streams, Musi works quite differently. It essentially streams music from YouTube — and Musi runs its own ads against those streams.
Why is Musi shut down?
Apple took action against Musi in September 2024, removing the app for download due to violating YouTube’s terms of service. The YouTube ToS states that developers are not allowed to develop wrapper apps that bypass advertising—which is exactly what Musi did. On Jan. California federal judge finalized a ruling that denied Musi’s motion to force Apple to restore the app on its platform. An expert says that this ruling may set a precedent for other companies to remove apps at their own discretion.Specifically, it was alleged that Musi replaced YouTube’s ads with its own to the detriment of the artists and publishers who collected royalties based on YouTube’s advertising. In response, after Musi was unable to resolve these disputes, Apple removed the Musi app from its App Store.Musi is currently unavailable on the App Store. The developers have stated they are working to bring Musi back to the App Store. The removal of Musi has led to the appearance of clone apps. Users are concerned about potential data loss.