No more Pandora?
Teoretic, incepand de astazi ar trebui sa ne despartim de un serviciu mai mult decat drag noua: Pandora nu va mai emite decat in SUA si Marea Britanie.
Detalii:
“Dear Pandora listener,
Today we have some extremely disappointing news to share with you. Due to international licensing constraints, we are deeply, deeply sorry to say that we must begin proactively preventing access to Pandora’s streaming service for most countries outside of the U.S.
It is difficult to convey just how disappointing this is for us. Our vision remains to eventually make Pandora a truly global service, but for the time being, we can no longer continue as we have been. As a small company, the best chance we have of realizing our dream of Pandora all around the world is to grow as the licensing landscape allows.
We show your IP address indicates you are listening from Romania. If you believe you are seeing this by mistake, we offer our sincere apologies and ask that you please reply to this email.
Delivery of Pandora is based on proper licensing from the people who created the music - we have always believed in honoring the guidelines as determined by legislators and regulators, artists and songwriters, and the labels and publishers they work with. In the U.S. there is a federal statute that provides this license for all the music streamed on Pandora. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent license outside the U.S. and there is no global licensing organization to enable us to legitimately offer Pandora around the world. Other than in the U.K., we have not yet been able to make significant progress in our efforts to obtain a sufficient number of international licenses at terms that would enable us to run a viable business. The volume of listening on Pandora makes it a very expensive service to run. Streaming costs are very high, and since our inception, we have been making publishing and performance royalty payments for every song we play.
Until now, we have not been able to tell where a listener is based, relying only on zip code information provided upon registration. We are now able to recognize a listener’s country of origin based on the IP address from which they are accessing the service. Consequently, on May 3rd, we will begin blocking access to Pandora to listeners from your country. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.
We will be posting updates on our blog regarding our ongoing effort to launch in other countries, so please stay in touch. We will keep a record of your existing stations and bookmarked artists and songs, so that when we are able to launch in your country, they will be waiting for you. We deeply share your sense of disappointment and greatly appreciate your understanding.
-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)”
Trist dom’ne, trist 
Nu ca nu se poate rezolva (currently playing - Peter White, lovely artist 
), dar aceasta situatie nu face decat sa dovedeasca toate zonele de imbunatatire din “Sistem” - si prin asta ma refer atat la legislatia autohtona cat si la integrarea normelor la nivel global.
Daca granitele fizice tind sa dispara, ne tinem cu dintii (voit sau nu) de altele.
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Must see
try last.fm ):-
Thanks
I did not know about them
cam nasol.
eu m-am cam obisnuit cu pandora.
ideea e ca macar acolo nu o puteai downloada, ci doar asculta. daca tot s-au pus pe aplicat legea sunt curios cand vreodata o sa se rezolve si problema dc++, emule, torrente etc.
never ever
Salut Proro,
Pentru mine Pandora deja a devenit indispensabila. Uite ca sugestia lui Alin este chiar utila, secondez recomandarea lui.
Cat despre dc++…poate in web 4.0
Buna, Ramona,
Si eu m-am despartiti cu greu de Pandora.
Iti recomand doua alte posibile destinatii: classicfm.com si musicovery.com.
Numai bine,
Carmen
Buna, Carmen,
Multumesc pentru recomandari.
sint curios ce mai zic acum cei care lauda legile de copyright! (nu vreau sa folosesc sintagma monstruoasa “proprietate intelectuala” pentru ca asa ceva este un non sens).
incepind cu 14 mai radiourile( sau siturile care furnizeaza muzica) de pe net din u.s.a. sint obligate sa plateasca drepturi de autor cu 300% pina la 1500% mai mari decit inainte! vreau sa zic asa zise drepturi de autor pentru ca acesti bani intra in conturile distribuitorilor si nu ale autorilor! culmea este ca indiferent daca artistul difuzat a incheiat sau nu un contract cu agentia de colectare a acestor drepturi banii tot sint colectati de la difuzori! chiar si daca opera artistului nu e supusa legilor de copyright si a fost lansata sub licenta creative common de exemplu!
am spus-o de multe ori si o mai spun,niciodata nu o sa respect nici o lege care ingradeste informatia ,orice forma ar lua aceasta informatie!
iar partea cu ascultarea se poate rezolva daca aveti prieteni in u.s.a sau u.k. ( prin tunelare http -nu dau mai multe detalii).
in plus,sint vreo 10.000 de posturi de radio online free pe shoutcast via winamp,orice fel de muzica!!
Facusera ceva pe savenetradio.org la un moment dat, s epare ca nu au rezolvat nimic nimic.
oh,
53 days 9 hours 47 minutes 2 seconds
left to July 15, 2007 the Day the Music Die…
That’s sad
Salut, Ionut,
Au reusit ceva sa obtina o amanare pana pe 15 iulie parca, dar numai pentru SUA. Pentru Europa au fost nevoiti sa inceteze transmisia mai devreme.
Cuvintele cheie “e”: Torrify si 1.5.0.7