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- MarkRedden, on 01/23/2008, -4/+647Is it me or is this quite a big step forward? No more 30-second previews over iTunes, and no more flaky YouTube videos to hear new artists - you can now preview entire tracks and albums before you buy. I like it, looking forward to when this arrives on the client!
- Daveecee, on 01/23/2008, -4/+154We don't do that here.
- topcat31, on 01/23/2008, -5/+154This is huge!
- MikeinLoFi, on 01/23/2008, -4/+140Awesome. Now if only people had properly tagged music.
- markey, on 01/23/2008, -2/+116This will truly shine once you allow playback from 3rd party clients, instead of just via web interface. Imagine being able to play any tracks from the giant last.fm catalogue with Amarok :)
But this is already way cool, of course :D - fallenone05, on 01/23/2008, -10/+117stop staring at my penis!
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -7/+93Last.fm rocks. They make it easy to keep track of your most listened music by week or even yearly, and to share it with others via an easy widget for a blog or social website. And on top of all that, it functions on its own as a social website since you can find others with similar music tastes to add as friends and see what they're listening to (even comparing your music compatibility).
And if this sounds like a commercial, it's because it's that good that I feel I should share how awesome it is with others on here that might not know of it yet.
http://www.last.fm/user/weside - ronaldinho, on 01/23/2008, -3/+72Take note, RIAA......this is what you should be doing instead of suing grandmothers for change. Embrace the new age of digital technology! Subscriptions, RIAA......subscriptions.
- xtmno3, on 01/23/2008, -6/+56But he is Hydrogen! First of all the elements!
Alright, so still lame and unwanted, but at least I tried. - lozzd, on 01/23/2008, -1/+50Exactly. We've been very excited about this for a long time; especially for me, who started out moderating back when it was Audioscrobler. The biggest request was "So, you've got this track, how do I play it?". Now you just.. play it :)
- premasagar, on 01/23/2008, -2/+46Ironic that this should happen just a week after Pandora's international death - http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/archives/2008/01/l ...
Well done, Last.fm! So the music industry does have a product still, after all? And they all thought that no one would pay for music anymore... Welcome to the long tail, future sound of decentralised music... - IEatHamburgers, on 01/23/2008, -7/+41He was staring at your mom
- Kumah, on 01/23/2008, -3/+34He was staring at America's deficit.
- whoaohh, on 01/23/2008, -1/+30ads
- parmethius2000, on 01/23/2008, -5/+32Anyone else feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Record Execs suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?
- NeverOffside, on 01/23/2008, -0/+26IF that catches on here, I'm off. I couldn't stand it on Aintitcoolnews.com either.
- thelastcivilian, on 01/23/2008, -1/+27which is where the fingerprinting comes in. http://blog.last.fm/2007/08/29/audio-fingerprintin ...
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -4/+29Hm, there is nothing "free" in "During this initial public beta period, each track can be played up to 3 times for free before a notice appears telling you about our upcoming subscription service. The soon-to-be announced subscription service will give you unlimited plays and some other useful things."
- luke16, on 01/23/2008, -0/+25Wow, i was waiting for this but i thought it would never happen. Thank you LastFM crew!
- Ireland, on 01/23/2008, -2/+26He was staring at your ego
- lozzd, on 01/23/2008, -13/+37We rule!
- transfuse, on 01/23/2008, -3/+24I don't understand why this hasn't been made popular... This is surely a huge step forward towards fairer distribution of music.
- primetime75, on 01/23/2008, -2/+23that's what she said
- Tiak, on 01/23/2008, -4/+24He was staring at this comment thread in the future.
- kjoss27, on 01/23/2008, -0/+20Last.Fm hasn't crashed yet. Here is a link to the site instead of the blog.
http://www.last.fm/
and here is what was written in the blog
A few days ago we sent out some cryptic invitations to a press conference in New York that Felix and Martin are presiding over. We’ve had fun in the office reading the rumors and speculation, but it’s time to spill the beans:
As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.
Something we’ve wanted for years—for people who visit Last.fm to be able to play any track for free—is now possible. With the support of the folks behind EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner—and the artists they work with—plus thousands of independent artists and labels, we’ve made the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free, the way we believe it should be.
Full-length tracks are now available in the US, UK, and Germany, and we’re hard at work broadening our coverage into other countries. During this initial public beta period, each track can be played up to 3 times for free before a notice appears telling you about our upcoming subscription service. The soon-to-be announced subscription service will give you unlimited plays and some other useful things. We’re also working on bringing full-length tracks to the desktop client and beyond.
Free full-length tracks are obviously great news for listeners, but also great for artists and labels, who get paid every time someone streams a song. Music on Last.fm is perpetually monetized. This is good because artists get paid based on how popular a song is with their fans, instead of a fixed amount.
We will be paying artists directly.
We already have licenses with the various royalty collection societies, but now unsigned artists can put their music on Last.fm and be paid directly for every song played. This helps to level the playing-field—now you can make music, upload it to Last.fm and earn money for each play. If you make music, you can sign up to participate for free.
We’re not printing money to pay for this—but the business model is simple enough: we are paying artists and labels a share of advertising revenue from the website.
Today we’re redesigning the music economy. There are already millions of tracks available, and we’re adding more every day. We will continue to work hard to bring this to everyone in the world.
Take it for a spin. - Charbax, on 01/23/2008, -2/+21This would be cool on a WiFi or HSDPA connected Archos or mobile phone.
I can't wait to also pay a subscription for unlimited streams (currently limited a 3 times per song) and DRM-free downloads. - nmcvicke, on 01/23/2008, -2/+20But the record companies!!, WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE GIANT BIG LABEL RECORD COMPANIES??!!
- tdwester, on 01/23/2008, -1/+19This is one of those great sites that can introduce you to a whole bunch of music that you would never thought of listening to before. This is great news!
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -7/+23an idiotic boast.
- ieataquacrayons, on 01/23/2008, -9/+25This is huge, i've been a member since before it was last.fm...audioscrobbler days... anyway great job last.fm!
- mrq8472, on 01/23/2008, -1/+16"We've just launched free on-demand listening in the US, UK, and Germany." ...... ONLY !!!
- SuperSnake2012, on 01/23/2008, -1/+16Buried for having 600 plays on Insane Clown Posse... wtf.
- aigulf, on 01/23/2008, -1/+16I believe you're looking for fark.
- strictnein, on 01/23/2008, -1/+16Disable Websense.
- pieinthesky, on 01/23/2008, -3/+16Leggo my ego.
- form3hide, on 01/23/2008, -1/+15Exactly. So it's like every other subscription service available? I don't get what the big fuss is about. It's another revenue stream for the music industry masked behind last.fm.
- RockMyPoodle, on 01/23/2008, -1/+15Hear, hear! Amarok streaming!
- DevinOlsen, on 01/23/2008, -0/+13Oh my god... I just went to 'Aintitcoolnews.com'. What a pathetic site... People are literally congratulated for being first, WTF.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -1/+14How is last.fm profitable? I mean, despite the fact that CBS acquired them...
- andycr512, on 01/23/2008, -2/+15...to be blocked.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -0/+13I think you meant 'coming first' - that would have made sense as a put down.
- markey, on 01/23/2008, -0/+13I'm not talking about using the last.fm website in a HTML widget though.. that would be pretty lame. The real deal would be integration via an API, which isn't yet possible.
- ers35, on 01/23/2008, -0/+12Can you listen to full song previews for free on iTunes? No.
Can you easily search and listen to any song you want on MySpace without viewing a horrendously ugly profile? No.
Can you listen to any song you want without downloading the client for that particular service? No. - Octanus, on 01/23/2008, -0/+12You can also subscribe for additional features.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -1/+13Yes. Most arstists had only a few full tracks available. Very few had whole albums.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -4/+16Shut up. They are allowing free streaming of whole albums and the ability to pay a sub for unlimited access. You're a *****.
- sparsely, on 01/23/2008, -1/+12Last.fm IS OWNED BY THE RECORD COMPANIES NOW.
- triskele, on 01/23/2008, -2/+13Kinda like when those ***** hosting movies on Gnutella/Limewire relabel the Paris Hilton sex tape as a movie you're actually looking for?
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -4/+15I like Pandora better since songs there tend to be tagged better and I can find new music I like faster, but this a huge step for last.fm and I might switch over.
- bowe, on 01/23/2008, -2/+13It'd be pretty easy to build it into songbird.
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