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Facebook axes audio application for copyright issues |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
 Facebook has removed
a popular application from its third-party developer platform over potential
copyright issues. The application, called Audio, allowed users to upload MP3
files and share them with their friends.
Facebook's platform, which was launched in late May has produced a lot of different applications for their popular scoial network. This is a crucial PR move for the company, considering recent reports that
third-party applications made by non-Facebook developers may make identity theft
and fraud easier. In addition, in the recent report by Entertainment Media Research, social networking sites are becoming the new way of sharing and acquiring music.
It's also a smart move considering that they will likely be a target for the great RIAA assault for copyright infringement. It's never a good idea to mess around with RIAA. This also helps keep Facebook great because it keeps Facebook simple.
One of the reasons why I am an avid Facebook user and not a MySpace or Bebo user is that most profile pages are still simple, plain, easy to use and read.
I've seen MySpace pages that are loaded with crap, music, trash background and so much junk that it made my computer slow down to a crawl. This has already started to happen with Facebook with its food fighting applications, zombie application and god knows what application. I have seen some of my friend's pages that are already loaded with so much crap applications that it's approaching MySpace level.
I have used Friendster, Xanga and Hi5. I left them all because they're complicated pile of garbage with too much advertising. If Facebook doesn't keep to its roots by allowing so many applications to clog up people's profile, I'd have to move on and find another social networking site.
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