cool...hey..do you know if last.fm is threatened by the same US legislation as Pandora is?
2007-05-05 12529, 2007
yllona
not really for two reasons: 1) lst.fm is based in london, tho they still have to pay fees to play music 2) last.fm has a much stronger music licensing team than pandora
2007-05-05 12508, 2007
drsaunde
thanks for the info
2007-05-05 12529, 2007
yllona
so the the new fee schedule has been postponed until July, and there is new legislation before congress even as we speak
2007-05-05 12503, 2007
drsaunde
well..the way i hear it, if it goes thru it will be the end of pandora (and a few others i like, like WOXY)
2007-05-05 12537, 2007
BrianFreud has quit
2007-05-05 12545, 2007
yllona
to be honest, the internet radio stations had ample time to prepare for this. the current fee schedule was well-known to be temporary/experimental when it was established five years
2007-05-05 12559, 2007
drsaunde
hmm...i didn't know that
2007-05-05 12534, 2007
drsaunde
still i'm happy last.fm will continue (not to mention streams from BBC6 :-)
2007-05-05 12518, 2007
yllona
yep, lots of the framework for this stuff was set when the internet was opened to the public in 1992/1993
2007-05-05 12541, 2007
yllona
and the various fee & usage schedules were established in 1997/98. everyone got a big break for a few years because broadband didn't spread as rapidly as expected in the US.
2007-05-05 12533, 2007
yllona
so there's no way in hell that this came as a surprise
2007-05-05 12509, 2007
stochasticism joined the channel
2007-05-05 12501, 2007
Amblin- joined the channel
2007-05-05 12558, 2007
yllona
drsaunde: are you listening to last.fm radio, or playing music local?
2007-05-05 12527, 2007
Amblin has quit
2007-05-05 12544, 2007
drsaunde
i was listening to the radio...but i turned it off
2007-05-05 12547, 2007
cooperaa
yllona: it should say above recently played if they're listening to radio
2007-05-05 12523, 2007
drsaunde
i like to have the radio/music really loud...but don't want to push it late here in my apartment building
2007-05-05 12525, 2007
yllona
cooperaa: that's why i asked, there are some very subtle interface changes afoot on last.fm
2007-05-05 12512, 2007
yllona
drsaunde: can you see what radio station i'm listening to?
2007-05-05 12533, 2007
yllona
also the wording in the station label has changed (again)
2007-05-05 12520, 2007
drsaunde
it says you are listening to tracks tagged "groovyacousticsoul"
2007-05-05 12531, 2007
yllona
okay, thanks
2007-05-05 12531, 2007
cooperaa enters Led Zeppelin - 1970-09-06, Honolulu, HI, USA :D
2007-05-05 12538, 2007
drsaunde
is that their last show?
2007-05-05 12543, 2007
cooperaa
nope
2007-05-05 12558, 2007
cooperaa
that would be just after IV, I think
2007-05-05 12521, 2007
cooperaa
1980-07-07 was their last show w/ Bonham
2007-05-05 12523, 2007
drsaunde
lol..yeah...about 10 years off
2007-05-05 12539, 2007
drsaunde
i remember you guys discussing that a few days ago..trying to find the last show
