Owen Smith;616274 Wrote: > The Squeezebox isn't a hardware based player! It's just software, the > same as playing last.fm on my PC. In fact it uses the same internet > connection and the same resources as if I'd played it from my PC, so > it's not clear to me how last.fm can tell the difference. Presumably it > should be possible to write a squeezebox server plugin that makes it > look exactly like a PC so that it is free again.
It knows because you are accessing Last.fm via MySqueezebox.com servers, as per Logitech's legal agreement with Last.fm. It also knows the "software" on the HARDWARE player cannot utilize web UI's and/or Last.fm's web UI software player as is used on a computer. How is Last.fm preventing (or soon going to be preventing) all hardware players (also all running software) like iPhones from accessing non-paid accounts? I dunno, I'm not a programmer, but they are doing so. Assuming you could actually come up with a plugin to circumvent Last.fm's terms for requiring a paid account, Logitech has to be very careful what plugins it allows to be used within it's server program or else Logitech could find itself in a rather big law suit involving both violation of Last.fm's terms and conditions as well as copyright infringement of the music files being illegally streamed through Logitech's provided server program. But, hey, if you want to take a crack at it and submit it to Logitech for inclusion in the SBS Plugins, have at it. :) -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85364 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
