Here's a post from Pandora explaining what has happened.
May 03, 2007
Breaking Pandora's Heart...
Dear Listeners -
Tonight we began the heartbreaking process of blocking access to Pandora for listeners outside the U.S.
It's hard to think of anything more anathema to who we are than turning off someone's radio, but the current legal realities leave us no choice. While the DMCA provides us a blanket license in the U.S., there is no equivalent in other countries.
For those of you around the world who received our early warning emails, thanks so much for your kind and understanding replies... humbling. It really means a lot to us (even though it makes it doubly hard to do...)
Trust that we will continue working as hard as we can to obtain the licenses we need, and to push for the establishment of effective, centralized licensing bodies around the world. Hopefully this kind of development will add some urgency to the need for reform in the administration of worldwide copyrights.
We will all eagerly await the day when we can turn this back on, so please stay close. To quote our CTO, Tom Conrad: "we'll take good care of your stations in the meantime."
Keep the faith...
Tim (Founder)
Abso-fucking-lutely ridiculous. Now the internet is being policed for musical content, meanwhile a bajillion bukakke porn sites get domains. Where's the priorities people?
1 comment:
I think this would piss me off a bit more if I was still allowed to listen to it at work....darn IT guys busting me!!!!
I agree though...complete bull shit that they won't allow it outside of the U.S. How is it that people can make all those retarded porn sites (not the good ones) and yet we can't listen to music?
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