Judge upholds Apple delisting of free Musi app that streams songs from YouTube
By Jon Brodkin
Published on March 17, 2026.
Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and caused controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost its bid to return to Apple's App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned Musi’s lawyers for “making up facts to cover gaps in the case”. The free app, which played music from YouTube, had been removed from the App Store in September 2024 by Apple due to "unsubstantiated" intellectual property claims from YouTube and violated its Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA) by delisting the app. The ruling upholds Apple's right to remove apps "with or without cause" as stipulated in the developer agreement.
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