jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Mar 6 07:50:57 CST 2009
Max, I really don't understand the reasoning behind this restriction. It all has to do with paying royalties to the various artists, songwriters etc. The only thing I can think of is that the royalties paid by listeners outside of the US differs from the royalties paid for US listeners. Even then you would think that they could just charge you a different amount to use the service. Or perhaps it has to do with serving advertisements. To pay for "free" services, they often serve up advertisements both in the web page as you use the application, and in the sound stream. If you are outside of the US the advertisements would have to change or they would not be paid for streaming you the songs. It would get rather complex to change the advertisements for each country that a user resides in. You would still think that if you pay for the service that you could then be allowed into the club. They all advertise "no advertisements for paid subscribers". John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Max Wanadoo wrote: > Just went to download Pandora on William's recommendation and got this... > > Dear Pandora Visitor, > > We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can > no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S. > We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global > Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are > very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative. > > We believe that you are in United Kingdom (your IP address appears to be > 212.183.134.209). If you believe we have made a mistake, we apologize and > ask that you etc..etc.. > > Bit of a Pandora's box it seems > > > Any others that are recommended for UK? (US always get the best - why is > that I wonder?) > > Max > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman > Sent: 05 March 2009 03:12 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Slacker radio > > ...I've used Pandora for a couple of years now ...I think someone on OT > pointed it out to me ...I get my music with different custom stations for my > > different moods and I've got it pretty well trained such that most of the > new stuff it suggests I wind up liking ...much better than using seek on the > > FM dial :) > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:41 PM > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Slacker radio > >> Try Pandora. You can define your own stations. >> >> >> Rocky Smolin >> Beach Access Software >> 858-259-4334 >> www.e-z-mrp.com >> www.bchacc.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Collins >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:31 PM >> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Slacker radio >> >> >> >> I used to use, love and pay for Lauchcast Plus, Yahoo's customised >> internet >> radio. It worked by you rating songs, artists, genres etc and then it >> would >> play you stuff based on that select and that others whom liked your >> choices >> had chosen. It had no commercials, no DJ's, unlimited skipping and >> scalable >> ratings - was brilliant and worked really really well. Naturally Yahoo >> killed it off the other day and replaced it with CBS Radio - which is not >> customisable, has lots of adverts and very limited skipping - Basically, >> it >> is rubbish - don't even bother with it. >> >> Now I use Jango (www.jango.com) - which has a slightly annoying 'social >> network' side to it (I loathe facebook so social networking is not my >> thing) >> but you can ignore most of that without bother. So far has proven to be a >> good subsitiute. >> >> Jango is fully customisable, free, no commercials, unlimited skipping, >> plays >> in any browser, has a broad and varied music library - I found most of the >> stuff I was interested in, and (so far) has been painless and fun to use. >> >> For portable music, I still love my iPod - not the best quality audio >> reproduction around, but for sheer ease of use nothing comes close. >> >> my 2 cents >> Cheers >> Darryl >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of jwcolby >> Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2009 6:28 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: [AccessD] OT: Slacker radio >> >> >> A friend of mine just told me about Slacker internet radio. I have >> started >> playing with it and kinda like it. They have a pretty expensive "mp3 >> player" called G2 which allows you to send songs to the G2 that you hear >> while listening on the "radio" to the MP3 and then play them away from >> your >> desk. >> >> Does anyone out there use Slacker and / or the G2 player? Comments? >> >> -- >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential >> information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have >> received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this >> e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not >> waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is >> your >> responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. 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