Comments on: Play Any Track for Free at Last.fm http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: robert http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130685 robert Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:39:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130685 imeem.com has been doing this for the last six months, except it doesn't have any limits on the number of plays. so last.fm have been beaten by imeem, deezer and spiralfrog - none of whom have limits on streaming. So not really big news unless you get all your music from last.fm and are afraid of going anywhere else. imeem.com has been doing this for the last six months, except it doesn’t have any limits on the number of plays.

so last.fm have been beaten by imeem, deezer and spiralfrog – none of whom have limits on streaming. So not really big news unless you get all your music from last.fm and are afraid of going anywhere else.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130148 Ryan Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:34:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130148 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-130134" rel="nofollow">leland wrote:</a><blockquote>I wonder how this will play out considering the changes over the last year in regards to royalties.</blockquote></div> I never thought that on-demand music would legally be an option in 2008 at no cost. I just hope that these sites will be able to stay alive despite the tools available to download the songs from them. leland wrote:
I wonder how this will play out considering the changes over the last year in regards to royalties.

I never thought that on-demand music would legally be an option in 2008 at no cost. I just hope that these sites will be able to stay alive despite the tools available to download the songs from them.

]]> By: leland http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130134 leland Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:22:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130134 I wonder how this will play out considering the changes over the last year in regards to royalties. I have heard several big players in internet radio are considering abandoning internet radio because the fees are so high now. It sounds like it will be an interesting change and I look forward to giving it a test. Thanks epiac1216, songza sounds quite interesting too. I wonder how this will play out considering the changes over the last year in regards to royalties. I have heard several big players in internet radio are considering abandoning internet radio because the fees are so high now. It sounds like it will be an interesting change and I look forward to giving it a test. Thanks epiac1216, songza sounds quite interesting too.

]]> By: Mike H http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130088 Mike H Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:34:50 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130088 I can listen to full length tracks and I am in Canada! I can listen to full length tracks and I am in Canada!

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130087 Ryan Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:31:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130087 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-130053" rel="nofollow">Tinhed wrote:</a><blockquote>Well i initially thought last.fm was a UK company.Atleast their servers are in london. then why would this offer be limited to only in the US. Too many People especially on the internet thinks that the civilized world ceases to exist outside the US. :evil:</blockquote></div> That's kinda ironic that they are located in London but only available to the United States. I wonder if that means they can't listen to it themselves? Tinhed wrote:
Well i initially thought last.fm was a UK company.Atleast their servers are in london. then why would this offer be limited to only in the US. Too many People especially on the internet thinks that the civilized world ceases to exist outside the US. :evil:

That’s kinda ironic that they are located in London but only available to the United States. I wonder if that means they can’t listen to it themselves?

]]> By: Tinhed http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130053 Tinhed Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130053 Well i initially thought last.fm was a UK company.Atleast their servers are in london. then why would this offer be limited to only in the US. Too many People especially on the internet thinks that the civilized world ceases to exist outside the US. :evil: Well i initially thought last.fm was a UK company.Atleast their servers are in london. then why would this offer be limited to only in the US. Too many People especially on the internet thinks that the civilized world ceases to exist outside the US. :evil:

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130020 Mohan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:45:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130020 I have been waiting for this for so long, finally. Kudos last.fm :mrgreen: I have been waiting for this for so long, finally. Kudos last.fm
:mrgreen:

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130010 Ryan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:19:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130010 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-130002" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>What about Napster? Anyone? No? :)</blockquote></div> Napster isn't free, is it? I haven't checked in a while. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-130003" rel="nofollow">epiac1216 wrote:</a><blockquote>I know several musical sites where you can listen to complete songs without any restrictions. For example, I’ve been listening to Songza (URL: <a href="http://www.songza.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.songza.com/</a>) for about a month without any strings attached. I can even prepare my own playlist with the selected songs and they will be played in the order I chose. I think CBS has to loosen up if it wants to attract more users to last.fm.</blockquote></div> Huh, Songza looks pretty sweet. From what I gather Songza gets their music from sources like YouTube, so they don't have to deal with the legal requirements that Last.FM has to. They don't have to pay any royalties to artists or anything like that because it's YouTube who is serving up the music. Pieter wrote:
What about Napster? Anyone? No? :)

Napster isn’t free, is it? I haven’t checked in a while.

epiac1216 wrote:
I know several musical sites where you can listen to complete songs without any restrictions. For example, I’ve been listening to Songza (URL: [songza.com]) for about a month without any strings attached. I can even prepare my own playlist with the selected songs and they will be played in the order I chose.

I think CBS has to loosen up if it wants to attract more users to last.fm.

Huh, Songza looks pretty sweet. From what I gather Songza gets their music from sources like YouTube, so they don’t have to deal with the legal requirements that Last.FM has to. They don’t have to pay any royalties to artists or anything like that because it’s YouTube who is serving up the music.

]]> By: epiac1216 http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130003 epiac1216 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:19:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130003 @Ashley: "A user can listen to a song for three times without registering, but then they must either log-in or register for a subscription (coming soon) if they’d like to listen to the song again." I know several musical sites where you can listen to complete songs without any restrictions. For example, I've been listening to Songza (URL: http://www.songza.com/) for about a month without any strings attached. I can even prepare my own playlist with the selected songs and they will be played in the order I chose. I think CBS has to loosen up if it wants to attract more users to last.fm. Regards, Omar.- @Ashley:

“A user can listen to a song for three times without registering, but then they must either log-in or register for a subscription (coming soon) if they’d like to listen to the song again.”

I know several musical sites where you can listen to complete songs without any restrictions. For example, I’ve been listening to Songza (URL: [songza.com]) for about a month without any strings attached. I can even prepare my own playlist with the selected songs and they will be played in the order I chose.

I think CBS has to loosen up if it wants to attract more users to last.fm.

Regards,

Omar.-

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-130002 Pieter Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:04:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/23/play-any-track-for-free-at-lastfm/#comment-130002 As usual, this feature seems to be limited to the US. :( "the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free" What about Napster? Anyone? No? :) As usual, this feature seems to be limited to the US. :(

“the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free”
What about Napster? Anyone? No? :)

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