FIQL is a specialty social site whose focus is the playlist. Anyone can create and share a playlist or lists.
But beyond that, all of FIQL’s playlists, which number around 15,000 can be heard and viewed as embedded Youtube videos. Site members can watch playlists on a free, customized player. What you have is basically a YouTube filter which ingeniously sorts out the junk and at the same time, avoids the whole copyright, DRM catch. Becoming a FIQL member gets you a blog with photos and videos, comments, tags, and the ability to save playlists, as well as music recs, and contests. Import your playlists from iTunes or anywhere else, and FIQL will find the videos to match. The site’s player can be placed on your MySpace page or other network or website.
FIQL.com In Their Own Words
“Plain and simple, we want to be the best resource for music playlists. Playlists are everywhere – on the radio, in magazines, on message boards and blogs and most importantly in your music collection. As storage increases and the limits of the single album are long left behind, it’s becoming harder and harder to manage music… and that’s why we created this site. More than just a repository of playlists of all kinds, FIQL is a place to be introduced to new music by looking at other people’s playlists and to share with others your playlist and music interests. We’re a content site with you as our editor.”
Why FIQL.com It Might Be A Killer
FIQL has found a clever way around copyright laws. It’s simple but brilliant really. Users will love the fact that they don’t have to pay or subscribe to other sites like Napster just to listen to a playlist. After all what’s the fun of having playlists if they can’t be heard?
Some Questions About FIQL.com
Will FIQL be able to pull this off without litigation? What’s the percentage of playlist items that actually have a video available? What’s up with the name? 
