Christian Pernegger wrote: >>I can understand wny Pandora is US only, [...] > So can I but I don't have to like it, do I? :)
Not at all. The SlimServer running on Linux and being Open Source was one of the major attractions for me to buy the first of what has so far been three SBoxen >>username passwords are not strong enough > > This auth method isn't very strong, but why shouldn't it be strong > enough? It makes sure everone who seriously uses the service pays for > it while not being overly intrusive. It's good enough for eBay and > Paypal after all. But they use it under SSL. I think a better comparision is the DRM in iTunes or coming in Vista. > I'd bet they're just using a blanket license like radio stations have > them, which would explain that you can't chose specific songs and skip > backwards. OTOH they explain that, if you add a certain artist and > song title to one of their "stations", the song will "play eventually" > *winkwink*. Smells a bit like exploiting a loophole to me ... :) Yes, the DMCA has explicit allowances for radio stations, which can take requests, but they are restricted in what you can do. > In a lot of European countries consumers are billed a flat fee per > month which may or may not include a few GB and a fee per GB after > that. 1GB is ~1EUR for me. I bet that is coming in the US as well, especially with TV shows being downloaded legally. The telcos (PT&T) are having a cow over this now. It is one thing to flat rate email and text based HTML. Downloading TV and movies is altogether different. Music hardly counts on the client side. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
