snarlydwarf;258444 Wrote: > Yes, because offering to the public a method or service that circumvents > a technological measure that effectively controls access to a protected > work is a wise thing to do in the US. > > (hint: doing such would violate the DMCA.) > > Yeah, yeah, you are upset that Pandora is restricting its area: but > geebus put the blame where it belongs: it is not Slim, it is not > Pandora, it is the licensing agencies that want too much money. (Or, > perhaps, it is you if you are not paying.... but that is another > matter...) > > Demanding that Slim break the law in the US (where most of the SMS > division is locates) is silly and pointless. > > Demanding thst Pandora just say to hell with the costs and give you > free music so that they can be sued into the ground is silly and > pointless. > > Now, telling your elected officials what you think of compulsory > license fees for net radio... or telling your licensing agencies what > you think... that may have more effect.
Hey Snarly. :) I completely agree with you. This is not SD's fault, nor should SD start offering (or allowing) illegal streaming or ISP spoofing. That is just asking for big time legal troubles as well as negatively impacting future contractual issues when negotiating with potential content providers. But, where I would agree with these non-US customers is in the area of fair notice. i.e. "Some content providers may discontinue service, without notice, at anytime in the future" type of thing. I'm sure it's posted somewhere within SD's web page but it seems it should be a bit more prominently displayed. I know it's not good marketing strategy to emphasize any potential negatives or downsides to a product, but in light of current events in the industry, it only seems fair. Note: I don't even use the likes of Pandora or Rhapsody, I'm just barely technically competent enough to figure out SqueezeNetwork! :) -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41626 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/squeezenetwork
