SeeqPod

SeeqPod's search and recommendation technology is anchored by a biomimetic algorithm originally developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab under the name GenoPharm.

GenoPharm’s unique algorithm mimics the way a biologist searches through biomedical literature for connections between genes. The system, meant to serve as an add-on to a biologists brain, has allowed researches to find indirect connections between genes and therapies that had never been noticed before. This expedited the research process, allowing biologists to do in minutes what normally would have taken days.{{cite web | url = http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2005/03/31/a-search-engine-that-thinks-almost/ | title = A Search Engine that Thinks, Almost | work = Berkeley Lab News Center | date = March 31, 2005 | publisher = Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}}

The unique ability to understand complex, hidden relationships between genes and diseases was soon applied to playable media content on the internet under the name SeeqPod.

Since SeeqPod is powered by the GenoPharm algorithm, the engine solves search queries by linking relevant information automatically from each analyzed source of information, creating connections similar to how the human brain might. This is in contrast to the traditional search engines, which rely mostly on familiar keyword associations.

R&D Magazine recognized the development of SeeqPod's search technology by naming it the winner of the 2008 R&D 100 Award in Software, dubbed the 'Oscars of Innovation' by The Chicago Tribune.{{cite web | url = http://www.rdmag.com/awards.aspx | title = R&D 100 Awards | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025516/http://www.rdmag.com/awards.aspx | archivedate = 12 October 2007 | work = R&D Mag}}

A number of record companies have attempted to sue SeeqPod, including Warner Music Group, Elektra Records, Rhino Records, and most recently EMI and Capitol Records. In addition, a multibillion-dollar lawsuit was filed by EMI and Capitol Records against Kasian Franks as the founder of SeeqPod. However, the suit from EMI and Capitol Records was thrown out of court.

Due to economic conditions and litigation, SeeqPod filed for bankruptcy protection on April 1, 2009.{{cite web | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10209631-27.html | title = Digital Noise: Seeqpod bankruptcy will affect other sites | work = CNET News | first = Matt | last = Rosoff | date = 1 April 2009 }} Around this time, the company looked at changing its business model by potentially licensing its technology to third-party developers.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/03/seeqpod-to-musi/ | title = Facing Legal Pressure, SeeqPod Plans to Spawn Clones | magazine = Wired | first = Eliot | last = Van Buskirk | date = 26 March 2009}} Some speculated that SeeqPod had been purchased by Microsoft or that the company has licensed SeeqPod's software.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/seeqpod-seeks-new-life-at-microsoft/ | title = SeeqPod Seeks New Life at Microsoft | magazine = Wired | first = Eliot | last = Van Buskirk | date = 11 May 2009}}{{cite web | url = http://gigaom.com/2009/05/08/did-microsoft-buy-seeqpod/ | title = Did Microsoft Buy SeeqPod? | work = GigaOM | first = Paul | last = Bonanos | date = 8 May 2009}} {{As of|2011|12}}, the SeeqPod service is unavailable, it no longer redirects to another website.

SeeqPod founder and CEO/CVO, Kasian Franks has recently started another company, Mimvi Inc., which uses specialized algorithms to automatically aggregate, re-rank, organize and personalize digital content on the Internet and on mobile devices. Mimvi focuses on personalized search, discovery and recommendation technology for video content including music, travel and comedy. This technology is also applied to a consumer search engine that serves as a "Google" for discovering mobile apps for the iPhone/iPod/iPad, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. Though the service is currently in private alpha mode, the company will be publicly traded starting in the end of February 2010.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/seeqpod-founder-resurfaces-with-mimvi-music-aggregator/ | title = SeeqPod Founder Resurfaces with Mimvi Music Aggregator | magazine = Wired | first = Eliot | last = Van Buskir | date = 10 February 2010 | accessdate = 12 February 2010}}

After acquisition talks with a number of companies, it was announced on August 30, 2010, that SeeqPod's technology assets were acquired by Sony's Intertrust division.{{cite web |url=http://www.intertrust.com/news/press/seeqpod |title=Intertrust Acquires SeeqPod Assets | Intertrust |accessdate=2012-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823083158/http://www.intertrust.com/news/press/seeqpod |archivedate=2011-08-23 }}

In April 2010, Bloson, a social network with the purpose of raising money for charitable causes acquired specifically SeeqPod’s domain and the contact information of its user base, which equals around 4 million users.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/23/remaining-assets-of-seeqpod-to-be-acquired-by-social-charity-site-bloson/|title = Remaining Assets of SeeqPod to be Acquired by Social Charity Site Bloson| date=23 April 2010 }}

On January 18, 2008, Warner Music Group, along with Elektra Records and Rhino Records, filed a complaint against SeeqPod in the U.S. District Court Central District of California.{{cite web | url = https://www.eff.org/files/Warner%20v%20SeeqPod%20complaint.pdf | title = Warner v SeeqPod complaint | date = 18 January 2008 | publisher = Electronic Frontier Foundation}} Warner Music Group alleges that SeeqPod is liable for copyright infringement by linking to sites containing unauthorized and illegal copies of copyrighted music. The complaint points to SeeqPod’s ability to search for a particular type of content – music – that is copyrighted. SeeqPod is claiming safe harbor under Title II of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act ("OCILLA"), which creates a safe harbor for online service providers (OSPs, including ISPs) against copyright liability if they adhere to and qualify for certain prescribed safe harbor guidelines and promptly block access to allegedly infringing material (or remove such material from their systems) if they receive a notification claiming infringement from a copyright holder or the copyright holder's agent. In February 2009, Capitol Records and EMI filed a complaint against SeeqPod and its search engine technology.

While similar cases have been filed against YouTube, MP3Tunes.com, Veoh, PornoTube, and Divx/Stage 6, this case is particularly important as it directly tests how copyright law applies to search engines. Unlike the before-mentioned cases, which involve hosting copyrighted material, SeeqPod is the first to be sued for merely searching and presenting media available on other people's servers.{{cite web | url = https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/latest-test-dmca-safe-harbors-warner-sues-seeqpod | title = Latest Test for DMCA Safe Harbors: Warner Sues SeeqPod | first = Fred | last = von Lohmann | publisher = Electronic Frontier Foundation | date = 24 January 2008}}

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• [http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/8002/seeqpod.html SeeqPod Suit Thoughts] – Comments on Warner Music Group's lawsuit against SeeqPod
• [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139855-page,2-c,streamingmedia/article.html PC World – Five Ways to Share Music Without Getting Sued]
• [http://www.macworld.com/article/131144/2007/12/seeqpod.html Macworld – Seeq and ye shall find]
• [http://www.programmableweb.com/api/seeqpod Programmable Web – SeeqPod API]
• [http://mashable.com/2007/07/02/seeqpod/ Mashable – SeeqPod is an Active Music Search & Discovery Tool]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090910045537/http://www.rdmag.com/Awards/RD-100-Awards/2008/09/2008-R-D-100-Award-Winners/ R&D Awards List 2008]

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