Floppyhead – Digital Media and Streaming

Simplify Media software lets you placeshift you iTunes music library anywhere you have an internet connection. Essentially you browse and play remote music using the iTunes software interface. Music is streamed directly between computers over the Internet within small groups that you control.

I wonder about how legal this software is but Simplify Media answers that question on their website:

Music is streamed friend-to-friend, and only within small, private groups. There are limits to how many friends can be on your Media List and how many listeners can concurrently stream music from your computer. Friends cannot burn remote songs to CDs, transfer them to an iPod or mp3 player, or access them when you are logged off. Links to partner stores let you purchase music you wish to own.

As with all software nowadays, there is a social networking component. SimplifyMedia lets you invite friends placeshift your music as well. Once an invitation is accepted, you will be able to sort, search and play each other’s libraries when online, all within iTunes.

Overall, I think it is a cool idea and am looking forward to their Winamp and Windows Media Player versions.  Hopefully I can stream my Emusic files as well that I have on my home jukebox.