<s>
Webjay	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web-based	O
playlist	O
service	O
launched	O
in	O
early	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playlists	O
consisted	O
of	O
links	O
to	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
RealAudio	B-Algorithm
and/or	O
other	O
audio	O
files	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Webjay	B-Application
users	O
could	O
create	O
new	O
playlists	O
by	O
copying	O
from	O
existing	O
playlists	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
web	B-Application
scraping	I-Application
audio	O
file	O
links	O
from	O
external	O
web	O
pages	O
or	O
playlists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Webjay	B-Application
on	O
January	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
closed	O
down	O
the	O
Webjay	B-Application
site	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
June	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
scraping	I-Application
portions	O
of	O
Webjay	B-Application
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
products	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Webjay	B-Application
logo	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Perri	O
Harper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Webjay	B-Application
did	O
not	O
host	O
any	O
files	O
,	O
it	O
made	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
avoid	O
potential	O
copyright	O
disputes	O
by	O
removing	O
links	O
upon	O
request	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
or	O
host	O
owner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XSPF	B-Application
playlist	O
format	O
evolved	O
from	O
Webjay	B-Application
in	O
the	O
following	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Webjay	B-Application
predated	O
the	O
common	O
practice	O
(	O
in	O
2008	O
)	O
of	O
having	O
a	O
web	O
playlist	O
be	O
edited	O
and	O
managed	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
site	O
,	O
then	O
exported	O
to	O
other	O
sites	O
with	O
a	O
Flash	O
widget	O
that	O
can	O
play	O
the	O
playlist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playlists	O
on	O
Webjay	B-Application
were	O
played	O
by	O
generating	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
common	O
playlist	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
ASX	O
,	O
SMIL	O
,	O
and	O
M3U	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
playlists	O
were	O
downloaded	O
to	O
a	O
client-side	O
media	O
player	O
like	O
Windows	O
Media	O
Player	O
,	O
RealAudio	B-Algorithm
,	O
QuickTime	O
,	O
or	O
Winamp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
XSPF	B-Application
playlist	O
format	O
came	O
into	O
existence	O
and	O
before	O
any	O
media	O
players	O
could	O
render	O
an	O
XSPF	B-Application
playlist	O
,	O
Webjay	B-Application
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
XSPF	B-Application
file	O
for	O
any	O
playlists	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
independent	O
developer	O
created	O
an	O
XSPF	B-Application
player	O
known	O
as	O
XSPF	B-Application
Musicplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Webjay	B-Application
and	O
XSPF	B-Application
Musicplayer	O
were	O
independent	O
products	O
that	O
were	O
only	O
useful	O
as	O
a	O
pair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
independent	O
developer	O
created	O
a	O
web	O
site	O
to	O
put	O
Webjay	B-Application
and	O
XSPF	B-Application
Musicplayer	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
site	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
Webjay	B-Application
Wizard	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
XSPF	B-Application
Musicplayer	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Flash	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
browser	O
without	O
launching	O
a	O
client-side	O
multimedia	O
player	O
like	O
Windows	O
Media	O
Player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
created	O
popular	O
demand	O
for	O
XSPF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
XSPF	B-Application
players	O
came	O
into	O
being	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
XSPF	B-Application
Musicplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Webjay	B-Application
was	O
closed	O
down	O
by	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
other	O
XSPF	B-Application
editing	O
and	O
generation	O
tools	O
took	O
its	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSPF	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
