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The licensing for streaming music online has resulted in geo-tarded extortion, leaving all but a few of innovative initiatives struggling to survive and at the
by rickmb 15y ago
The licensing for streaming music online has resulted in geo-tarded extortion, leaving all but a few of innovative initiatives struggling to survive and at the mercy of the whims of the license holders.
There should have been as many Spotify's and Pandora's as there are radio stations by now. Last FM's awesome social music platform should have been a triumphant global success, instead of being slowly strangled by license holders.
Licensing is not a reasonable solution. It's regulated extortion that kills innovation stone dead.
- nl 15y agoI don't disagree about the issues surrounding licensing. But it is worth noting that there are as many web based music broadcasters as radio stations. Almost all radio stations do shoutcast-based streaming themselves, and additionlly there are internet-only stations. Innovative: no. Available: yes.