In 2016, a pair of 19-year-old pals from Winnipeg appeared on the reality television show Dragons’ Den—Canada’s version of Shark Tank—to seek funding for their music streaming startup, Musi. Baby-faced and clad in ill-fitting blazers, Aaron Wojnowski and Christian Lunny looked more like students practicing a presentation than entrepreneurs raising real cash. But that didn’t matter.
has learned, over whether it has the rights to distribute and monetize the music users stream on its platform. Musi did not respond to requests for comment. Many music industry insiders that . But at least one major label is considering legal action, according to sources in the industry. After asked if this was a move provoked by Musi, but there don’t appear to be widespread reports of the app malfunctioning. “We only allow third-party apps to use our APIs when they follow our terms of service,” YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby told