Comments on: MP3.com artists – moved to Last.fm http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19230 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19230/comment-page-1#comment-970431 Reader's Write Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19230#comment-970431 “The company has signed deals with all four major record labels and 150,000 independents to offer free streaming of full length music." BOYCOTT last.fm weither it is free or not! Heel no! the recording parasites are not going to get one peny from me! Why do we need last.fm anyway? If you are an artist or a listener boycott last.fm! PLEASE! If these parasites survive we will have to spray pest killer. Not good for the planet! “The company has signed deals with all four major record labels and 150,000 independents to offer free streaming of full length music.”

BOYCOTT last.fm weither it is free or not!

Heel no! the recording parasites are not going to get one peny from me!

Why do we need last.fm anyway?

If you are an artist or a listener boycott last.fm! PLEASE!

If these parasites survive we will have to spray pest killer.

Not good for the planet!

]]> By: Henry Emrich http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19230/comment-page-1#comment-970414 Henry Emrich Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:13:55 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19230#comment-970414 Well, there goes another one! :) What was I just saying about "lobotomized corporate crap?" Lionsword: Last.fm won't bother to get their software accessible. Look at the record of these big companies in regard to accessibility issues: primary example, a good friend of mine (a blind guy) just recently "upgraded" to the latest version of Skype. I put the word "upgrade" in quotes because in doing so, he lost a good chunk of functionality simply because it no longer works with Jaws very well. But seriously, if these companies gave a damn about accessibility, would frames and tables and all of that bullshit have been able to pollute the web? Look at the w3 reccomendations sometime -- it's really enlightening. And yes, I'm visually-impaired myself (in case you were wondering.) :) Well, there goes another one! :)

What was I just saying about “lobotomized corporate crap?”

Lionsword:
Last.fm won’t bother to get their software accessible. Look at the record of these big companies in regard to accessibility issues: primary example, a good friend of mine (a blind guy) just recently “upgraded” to the latest version of Skype. I put the word “upgrade” in quotes because in doing so, he lost a good chunk of functionality simply because it no longer works with Jaws very well.

But seriously, if these companies gave a damn about accessibility, would frames and tables and all of that bullshit have been able to pollute the web? Look at the w3 reccomendations sometime — it’s really enlightening.

And yes, I’m visually-impaired myself (in case you were wondering.) :)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19230/comment-page-1#comment-970402 Reader's Write Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:20:40 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19230#comment-970402 The reason you can only stream a full track 3 times I think has more to do with the labels. I just wish Last.fm would make the Last.fm softwear accessible to the jaws screen reader, and any screen reader for that matter. That's kinda what has kept me from subscribing. I use SpeakOn, which is good, but I think the Last.fm softwear has more features. http://www.last.fm/user/lionsworld Enjoy the music. The reason you can only stream a full track 3 times I think has more to do with the labels. I just wish Last.fm would make the Last.fm softwear accessible to the jaws screen reader, and any screen reader for that matter. That’s kinda what has kept me from subscribing. I use SpeakOn, which is good, but I think the Last.fm softwear has more features.
http://www.last.fm/user/lionsworld
Enjoy the music.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19230/comment-page-1#comment-970401 Reader's Write Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:05:48 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19230#comment-970401 Last.fm has something like 25 million users, so it's not really a bad thing. Yes, some will leave because of the removal of free radio, but then at least they give you the option to pay to use their service, unlike Pandora which shuts you out completely if you're not from the U.S. Then there's Spotify, though if you're not from a select few countries then you'll need to pay even more than what Last.fm's charging to access their music. Oh, and the thing about tracks being limited to three plays each only applies when you stream a song on-demand, not on their radio streams, which you couldn't do outside of the US, UK or Germany anyway. Last.fm has something like 25 million users, so it’s not really a bad thing. Yes, some will leave because of the removal of free radio, but then at least they give you the option to pay to use their service, unlike Pandora which shuts you out completely if you’re not from the U.S. Then there’s Spotify, though if you’re not from a select few countries then you’ll need to pay even more than what Last.fm’s charging to access their music. Oh, and the thing about tracks being limited to three plays each only applies when you stream a song on-demand, not on their radio streams, which you couldn’t do outside of the US, UK or Germany anyway.

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