16 replies to this topic

[Thom]

It's awesome; like your own personal radio station. But with no ads, static, or songs you hate.

[hierarchy]

Thanks I found lots of new bands that I like.

[Rambo]

Heh, whenever I use Pandora, it either finds no results or it just gives me songs by the artist I entered. I guess I'm not mainstream enough...

[Thom]

Bah. When I try to use it, it either tells me it's never heard of the guy (Bartók, Holst) or doesn't offer the entire genre (Debussy). And then, to compound the insult it calls Debussy a classical composer. Fans of Impressionism and Romanticism are sitting at their computers with shock on their faces.

Well, it works pretty well for jazz.

[Forsaken angel24]

Thank you. I will get alot of use out of this.

[Commonly Hunted]

Hey, are you a member of Fallen Angel Forums? Just wondering because someone there just posted this site. You guys should check out the flash here. It's cool until the millionth time watching it.

Sorry to hijack.

[Forsaken angel24]

Well this fucking blows! Pandora was helping find more of the bands of the music styles I like and just because I live in Canada I can no longer search for new music through them. They got my IP address and found out I was from Canada. I did lie about my Zip code considering us Canadians have postal codes and all but shit. I find a website that I am on all the time bringing me the most chilling music and then bam! Its all gone! All because of some legality issues or some garbage. It was like getting a taste of a Top quality sirloin steak only to have the plate taken away from me and replaced with a bowl of dog food. Thats all I gotta say. Fuck!

Edited by Forsaken_angel24, 16 May 2007 - 12:47 AM.

[Thom]

It's as bad in the US, where ripping a DVD that you own is a criminal offense, the Attorney General is pressing for life sentences for software copiers, and the record companies sue people who don't own computers for using them to share music.

[Rambo]

Yeah, the US might be seeing some changes in regards to online radio/broadcasting too...http://www.news-lead...D=2007703080302

[wallymaniac]

On a related note, podcasts are definitely going to get big restrictions, and in my personal opinion, the issue over them will get as big as file-sharing, since a podcast will let you play a possibly copyrighted song as many times as you want.

[Thom]

What do you mean? Podcasts are just like any other downloadable music; the fact that they use RSS is immaterial.

RAMBO: Link appears to be dead.

[Rambo]

Eh, my bad, haven't gone to it in a long time.

Wikipedia reports all you need to know. See, "The Threat to Internet Radio".

Mind you, a "per play rate" means, each listener on each track. So, while a rate hike of .003 "per play" might not seem like much, but, put it into this formula: .003*Song Plays per hour(12-15)*Average listeners per song. That's 5 bucks per hour for 100 listeners per hour. $120/hour or $43,800/year. This is just not reasonable. Even more so with a .008 increase over the next 3 years, which will add another $100k+/year.

Edited by RAMBO, 16 May 2007 - 08:45 PM.

[Lukeinator]

Forsaken_angel24, on May 15 2007, 09:46 PM, said:

Well this fucking blows! Pandora was helping find more of the bands of the music styles I like and just because I live in Canada I can no longer search for new music through them. They got my IP address and found out I was from Canada. I did lie about my Zip code considering us Canadians have postal codes and all but shit. I find a website that I am on all the time bringing me the most chilling music and then bam! Its all gone! All because of some legality issues or some garbage. It was like getting a taste of a Top quality sirloin steak only to have the plate taken away from me and replaced with a bowl of dog food. Thats all I gotta say. Fuck!

Fuckcake. Me too.

[Keks]

I love Pandora.

I found it like a year ago and I'm always on it.

[Prometheus]

For non-US residents, anybody try a proxy anonymizer?