http://translationmusings.com/2008/08/18/enjoy-pandora-radio-while-it-lasts/ featuring musings about my life and the translation industry Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://translationmusings.com/2008/08/18/enjoy-pandora-radio-while-it-lasts/#comment-257 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:17:13 +0000 http://jillsommer.wordpress.com/?p=332#comment-257 You could almost feel sorry for Copyright the way it is misused by everyone to hit the other guy over the head with But seriously, whom does this disproportionate increase in royalties for internet broadcasting really help? As for Pandora, in my opinion they missed the boat by sticking to an unexciting, two-dimensional interface and a model with minimal interaction when, for example, last.fm re-invented itself over and over again with a multitude of social networking functions. So maybe high royalties don’t really shore up CD sales – and don’t automatically lead to the demise of internet broadcasters? But what about the group least talked about, the artists? Do high royalties for internet broadcasting help them?

]]> http://translationmusings.com/2008/08/18/enjoy-pandora-radio-while-it-lasts/#comment-254 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:20 +0000 http://jillsommer.wordpress.com/?p=332#comment-254 I enjoyed Pandora for a long time, until, one fine day, four years ago or so, I was noticed that the service would be discontinued to users overseas. Copyright is weird matter: I’d bet artists would be happy to have their songs broadcasted overseas.
Enjoy!

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