<s>
Anontune	B-Application
was	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
fault-tolerant	O
and	O
open	O
platform	O
for	O
social	O
music	O
"	O
from	O
Anonymous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
beta	O
implementation	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
playlists	O
of	O
song	O
titles	O
which	O
were	O
playable	O
through	O
Anontune	B-Application
's	O
music	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
music	O
engine	O
worked	O
by	O
searching	O
other	O
networks	O
like	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
these	O
playlists	O
could	O
then	O
be	O
shared	O
without	O
sharing	O
any	O
actual	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
Anontune	B-Application
's	O
music	O
engine	O
was	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
client-side	B-Operating_System
metasearch	B-Application
engine	I-Application
than	O
any	O
previous	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
white	O
paper	O
titled	O
"	O
A	O
Fault-tolerant	O
and	O
Open	O
Platform	O
for	O
Social	O
Music	O
(	O
Version	O
2	O
)	O
"	O
Anonymous	O
outlined	O
their	O
aims	O
for	O
the	O
Anontune	B-Application
project	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
openness	O
here	O
was	O
a	O
pervading	O
theme	O
for	O
Anontune	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Anontune	B-Application
is	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
under	O
the	O
AGPL	O
license	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
restrictions	O
on	O
developer	O
API	O
usage	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
open	O
to	O
use	O
by	O
anyone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
music	O
itself	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
open	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
video	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
stated	O
that	O
Anontune	B-Application
would	O
never	O
host	O
or	O
encourage	O
the	O
downloading	O
of	O
copyrighted	O
music	O
but	O
would	O
instead	O
provide	O
information	O
about	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
Anontune	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
as	O
distinguished	O
from	O
copyright	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
music	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
legal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anontune	B-Application
's	O
music	O
engine	O
worked	O
by	O
consulting	O
multiple	O
components	O
called	O
"	O
routes.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
route	O
for	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
would	O
allow	O
results	O
from	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
limitations	O
in	O
the	O
web	O
Anonymous	O
claim	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
technology	O
allowing	O
sockets	B-Protocol
to	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
the	O
music	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
would	O
have	O
required	O
contributors	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
News	O
reports	O
warned	O
potential	O
users	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
trust	O
Anonymous	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
website	O
would	O
require	O
the	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
to	O
run	O
with	O
full	O
permissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anonymous	O
responded	O
in	O
a	O
Pastebin	O
post	O
that	O
the	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
used	O
,	O
that	O
any	O
Java	O
used	O
would	O
be	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
n't	O
be	O
strictly	O
required	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
against	O
their	O
interests	O
to	O
harm	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anonymous	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
law	O
was	O
on	O
their	O
side	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Anontune	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
one	O
object	O
of	O
Anontune	B-Application
was	O
to	O
break	O
down	O
the	O
copyright	O
industry	O
's	O
monopoly	O
without	O
fighting	O
them	O
in	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anonymous	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
learned	O
from	O
the	O
experiences	O
of	O
previous	O
entities	O
such	O
as	O
Napster	B-Application
and	O
LimeWire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anontune	B-Application
attempted	O
to	O
avoid	O
legal	O
problems	O
by	O
never	O
hosting	O
links	O
to	O
copyrighted	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Anontune	B-Application
merely	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
centralize	O
their	O
experience	O
of	O
other	O
music	O
sources	O
,	O
legal	O
complaints	O
would	O
have	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
addressed	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
sources	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
Anontune	B-Application
closed	O
on	O
5	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anontune.com	O
domain	O
forwards	O
to	O
a	O
posting	O
on	O
Pastebin	O
which	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
executive	O
decision	O
to	O
pull	O
the	O
plug	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anonymous	O
poster	O
wrote	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
Anontune	B-Application
we	O
released	O
is	O
nothing	O
like	O
how	O
we	O
envisioned	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
