The stony silence from the Recording Industry Association of America about the mysterious takedown of Muxtape earlier this week was broken Tuesday night, when a spokesperson for the trade association sent MTV News a statement.

"For the past several months, we have communicated concerns to Muxtape on behalf of our members," read the statement. "Muxtape has not yet obtained authorization from our member companies to host or stream copies of their sound recordings." Then again, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation told RollingStone.com that Muxtape might be on pretty solid legal ground. Stay tuned for the latest developments of "As the Muxtape Turns."

That totally awesome theme mix you were making, in which all the song titles are girls’ names that start with “M,” is gonna have to wait for now. Popular playlist-uploading site Muxtape announced on Monday that it's shutting down for a "brief period" while it sorts out an unspecified "problem" with the Recording Industry Association of America.

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