Under reconsideration - ListAndPlay.com

I was absolutely amazed by the simplicity and functionality of listandplay and already found some great artists that I had never heard of before. Even artists which I had seen live on festivals but didn't remember. I have bought multiple cd's form artists found via listandplay and feel it is the ultimate tool for "smaller" musicians to be found. I feel that as long as you host in the netherlands and pay your share to Buma (although I hate them) you can leave your service running, if other countries make objections you can always shut down service to that country. Similarly if artists make objections to them being found through this service (musicians can be crazy sometimes) you can block them from the service so that metallica is no longer found through listandplay. It may also be wise to try to only retrieve music that is posted through official youtube-channels since in that case the videos are already publicly available and you are doing the artists a favor since they can expand their fanbase. Hope to see this service back soon, it is incredible and I miss it. It may be wise to contact somebody with knowledge of international music laws, since I clearly know nothing about it. Also be prepared for others copying the formula.

Hi, i' sorry but your problem, who blocked your web? youtube? lastfm? or Buma/Stemra? I'm developer and have a web that works with last.fm and youtube api, and works similar that yours. Perhaps the problem is that you are using crhomless player and fullscreen, I had this problem at my site and i have modify the web because youtube blocked my web. Now is ok. I think that the problem is the player, crhomless has no ads... and this don't like to youtube. Change the player to the normal youtube player. Sorry my bad english

Just a couple of days ago I was watching various new videos on YouTube and found several new artists that I absolutely loved and went and bought their albums.

And now I find that this project is unfortunately offline. I understand it was just a proof of concept but honestly I was looking forward to using it to find more artists that I like.

I would like to thank you for your project, even-though it didn't last that long. It was a cool concept, and I definitely think it has potential.

IANAL, but I don't think you have too much to be worried about (you are simply using the YouTube and Last.fm APIs according to the rules), particularly if you live in the NL.

Your site has the potential of becoming one of the most used ones on the net. I wouldn't shut it down if I were you. It's easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

On a sad note, I was addicted to it, and I'm really sorry to see it go. Any one knows of good alternatives?

I don't think using the YouTube content should be a problem. In example http://www.songa.nl does kind of the same thing as well as the already mentioned Muziic.com in the US.

Don't get scared off keep your wonderful site going

I have contacted someone at Buma/Stemra. He is looking in to this.I'll get back asap. Jonathan contact me for more details.

if finally the problem is with youtube, contact with my at twitter @ariadnanet , i had a similar problem i i know someone at youtube that can help you

eyyy i thing that i know why is blocked!!! you are not using the correct player, use the official youtube player