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Today's update on Radio Paradise has several links people can use, including an online petition and links people can use to look up the names and numbers of their Congresscritters.
A) Subscription fee funded streaming - sufficient to cover license costs
B) Playlist only - upcoming track info broadcast to players - up to user to find plug-in to automatically download necessary tracks from elsewhere (eDonkey, BitTorrent, Jamendo, Magnatune, existing CD collection, etc.)
Listeners only need to pay for Pandora's delivery if they can't be arsed to arrange alternative and cheaper music delivery services.
Remember folks, there are four different services going on here:
1) Selection and recommendation services (Pandora)
2) Delivery and duplication (via ISP and CPU)
3) Music composition and production (directly funded by audience)
4) P2P delivery software development services (directly funded by users)
Something tells me that traditional publishers and licensing organisations don't fit into this scheme of things very easily...
1. Crosbie Fitch on March 6, 2007 5:16 PM writes...
All Pandora has to do is provide two services:
A) Subscription fee funded streaming - sufficient to cover license costs
B) Playlist only - upcoming track info broadcast to players - up to user to find plug-in to automatically download necessary tracks from elsewhere (eDonkey, BitTorrent, Jamendo, Magnatune, existing CD collection, etc.)
Listeners only need to pay for Pandora's delivery if they can't be arsed to arrange alternative and cheaper music delivery services.
Remember folks, there are four different services going on here:
1) Selection and recommendation services (Pandora)
2) Delivery and duplication (via ISP and CPU)
3) Music composition and production (directly funded by audience)
4) P2P delivery software development services (directly funded by users)
Something tells me that traditional publishers and licensing organisations don't fit into this scheme of things very easily...
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