It's sad that the Internet radio is undergoing a struggle to survive. Actually I found Pandora pretty nice that it incorporates some cool innovative search technologies to help you customize your radio station with your favorite genre, artists, and songs. When playing your favorites, it will also try recommending other songs and artists that have similar characteristics according to your taste. Great way to discover new songs. By interactively rating on those recommended songs you help to continuously refine your customization. The UI is pretty cute too by the way. The following is the original letter the Pandora founder sent to many listeners:
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Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coalition, a group that includes listeners, artists, labels and webcasters. I hope that you will consider joining us. Please sign our petition urging your Congressional representative to act to save Internet radio: http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541 Please feel free to forward this link/email to your friends - the more petitioners we can get, the better. Understand that we are fully supportive of paying royalties to the artists whose music we play, and have done so since our inception. As a former touring musician myself, I'm no stranger to the challenges facing working musicians. The issue we have with the recent ruling is that it puts the cost of streaming far out of the range of ANY webcaster's business potential. I hope you'll take just a few minutes to sign our petition - it WILL make a difference. As a young industry, we do not have the lobbying power of the RIAA. You, our listeners, are by far our biggest and most influential allies. As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support.
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