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Somebody claiming to be Kevin Driscoll wrote:
> Ryan:
> >> Perhaps there is a need for a decentralized way to broadcast what you're 
> >> listening to in such a way that only people who have access to your site 
> >> can read it. <<
> 
> We could definitely make such a thing but we risk the possibilities
> and network effects that accompany the enormous dataset found in a
> service like Last.fm.
> 
> What do you think? How many people is needed for it to be useful?

A way to do it would be to implement the audioscrobbler API as a
WordPress plugin.  Then any scrobbling software could easily be modified
to talk to your own WordPress install.  Content could be secured with
the DiSo permissions plugin or similar if that was wanted.

> Stephen:
> >> Or just never play/possess/acquire tracks for which someone might sue you. 
> >> <<
> 
> That I laugh at such a statement reveals something significant about
> the gap between my music participation habits and the legal structure
> that disciplines them.

I will never understand people's pathological need to break the law.

- -- 
Stephen Paul Weber, @singpolyma
Please see <http://singpolyma.net> for how I prefer to be contacted.
Don't toppost! <http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html>
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