Songbeat Goes Offline in Midst of Warner Copyright Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2009 - 11:15am.

Hamburg, Germany - Songbeat, a German music stream search engine and downloading application, has taken itself offline temporarily in the midst of a copyright lawsuit filed by Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), TechCrunch reported. "So we have sent Songbeat away to enter the 36 Shaolin Chambers of Software Kung Fu. Once it has finished its training it will be back and better than ever," reads a note on the company's website.

Songbeat allowed users to search for song streams indexed on services like Seeqpod -- which is also being sued by Warner, as well as EMI -- and download them via its desktop application.

Songbeat told TechCrunch that it plans to file an appeal of any judgment against it, and that it is currently in talks with record labels.

Should it lose its court case in Germany, "the startup plans to relocate and simply reboot the service anyway," according to TechCrunch.

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/cppj3 (TechCrunch)

http://www.songbeatplayer.com