popularmechanics.com — In exclusive interviews, we find out why the creator of Pandora might have to shut down if it wants to make a point to labels whose best interests are playing out in Washington?and whether Apple or Microsoft might have to bail out the Web's favorite personalized music service, even as they unveil their own.
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andrewdbSep 17, 2008
I read this wearing my Pandora shirt that Tim Westergren sent me himself while listening to Pandora and it just depresses me.I love Pandora to death. I've been an advocate of it and everything it promotes for three strong years. I will continue to support it until it's death, and I will continue to preach the gospel that was Pandora. I've bought so much music off of Pandora.. I've lost count at over 300 albums.
smuikasSep 17, 2008
IIRC, however, radio and other licenses are blanket fees. You pay ASCAP a couple hundred (or thousand, or whatever) bucks a year and you get to play music. The s**tkicker with this online dealy is that it's RETROACTIVE. They can force internet radio stations to pay the new fee level, even for times when this fee level was not introduced!I'm guessing this is lobbying on the part of Clear Channel.Those bastards. Yet another reason to boycott:non-local radio stations (you know, almost every single one of them),advertisements on most billboards and signage,ticketmaster (and the like),most venues that hold 200+ people.s**t, how am I supposed to give the artists money then?
Closed AccountSep 17, 2008
I agree. It's the only website/service that I have a somewhat emotional attachment to.
ceejaydkSep 17, 2008
Freegate and UltraSurf are pretty fast , but ofcourse doesn't offer the same speed as a connection - which I why I detail how to use FoxyProxy whitelist and blacklist filters to only download the few files that are blocked through the proxy and get the rest through a direct connect.You should be able to stream as fast as your connection will allow you.