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# Muziic’s 16 Year Old David Nelson Responds To VEVO YouTube Controversy
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/muziics-19-year-old-david-nelson-responds-to-vevo-youtube-controversy/
- Published: 2009-12-30T12:30:33.000Z
- Updated: 2009-12-30T12:30:33.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED EXCLUSIVE) It's been a busy week for Muziic's 16 year old co-founder David Nelson. First, Nelson cleverly used YouTube's openly available API to add VEVO's music videos to his. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/12/muziics-19-year-old-david-nelson-responds-to-vevo-youtub
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**(UPDATED EXCLUSIVE)** It's been a busy week for [Muziic'](http://www.muziic.com/?ref=hypebot.com)s 16 year old co-founder David Nelson. First, Nelson cleverly used [YouTube's openly available API](https://www.hypebot.com/muziic-adds-vevo-videos-without-as-many-ads/) to add VEVO's music videos to his music discovery site. Muziic.com. But VEVO and YouTube (who share the same API) were none too pleased and issued [a terse statement](https://www.hypebot.com/muziic-adds-vevo-videos-without-as-many-ads/) condeming Nelson's seemingly legal actions. In an email to Hypebot, on Wednesday afternoon, Nelson shared his response and as he wrote, got "a few things off of my chest".

> [![image from www.hypebot.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a78df38f970b-120wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a78df38f970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) From the start I have appreciated the concept behind Vevo – there's really no two ways about it, artists and labels need to be fairly compensated. I respect the fact that those behind Vevo recognize that the business model must change. I believe that Vevo will be very successful with what they're looking to do.  
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> While I have not been formally approached by any of the labels, I am more than willing to work with them to help build a better business for all parties involved. I'm willing to look at all options, including revenue sharing.  
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> Prior to Vevo's launch, I reached out to the company in effort to provide an open channel of communication and express my interest in streaming Vevo content. Unfortunately, I received no response. I do believe that if we had correspondence, this situation could have been entirely avoided. 

I was as shocked as anyone when I realized there were not yet any "pre-roll" advertisements for Vevo content in the API. As an opportunist, I knew this would be a great selling point for my site (that is part of my job, of course). Another portion of my job that I take very seriously is innovation. Muziic has been groundbreaking in the area of free, on-demand streaming.I believe social interaction and community participation are two major components to a successful music service. The Muziic Facebook application provides users with the ability to easily share songs, albums, radio stations and user-created playlists with friends.Muziic is my passion, and I take it very seriously.**David J. Nelson**  
Muziic CTO / Co-Founder