Music search engine SeeqPod is taking an interesting approach to its ongoing dispute with the music industry. According to a post on Wired, the company is offering to sell its source code - the key technology that powers the search engine - to any third party developer for a $5,000 fee.

Licensing the code allows others to create their own version of the search engine using the same search algorithm that SeeqPod uses. According to the post, the intent is to create "millions of mini-SeeqPods."

EMI Music Group and Warner Music Group are both suing SeeqPod for copyright infringement, claiming that the company should have to pay of its search and streaming service.

Currently, SeeqPod pays no licensing fees, saying that the DMCA protects them from prosecution as all they do is link to sources of music online rather than hosting files themselves.

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