Re:Pandora is laying off 7% of its US workforce
by StevePerkins on Friday January 13, 2017 @08:00AM
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#1: That has to do with terms of licensing deals imposed by the music labels, not an arbitrary decision by Pandora that they don't want to accept your money.
#2: It is the case with ALL music and video streaming providers. Apparently you lucked out with Spotify, but that could be the opposite for someone else.
Stupid, yes... but the bad guys here are the record labels rather than the streaming services.
Re:Pandora is laying off 7% of its US workforce
by nobleach on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:49PM
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It's 2017 and music labels/companies still want to say, "you can't hear this song because we haven't settled distribution rights... and can't make any money off of it... so... poo on you"
Re:Pandora is laying off 7% of its US workforce
by icebraining on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:56AM
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Spotify doesn't let you use them if you live in the wrong country either, you just happen to live in a right country for them.
Re:Pandora is laying off 7% of its US workforce
by kalleboo on Friday January 13, 2017 @07:40AM
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Not that it's much better, but Spotify will let you live in the wrong country as long as you can pay from the right country (like Apple, they depend on the billing address for debit/credit card).
But that's all ignoring the actually source of these restrictions. They don't come from the services themselves. They come from the outdated music industry structure that hasn't kept up with the internet-enabled globalized world.
It's ok, there's Spotify now, which doesn't arbitrarily ban users for living in the wrong place. Spotify has become a much better, much more flexible service. Even if Pandora were to lift its ban on foreigners, there is no longer a market for their service here. Sorry Pandora, you had the momentum, but threw it away.