http://blog.last.fm/2009/03/24/lastfm-radio-announcement

This really sucks for anyone outside of those three areas. Not that I use Last.FM radio alot, but it still sucks to not have that option anymore on the odd occasion that I would use it. Nonetheless, I'm sure this move will piss a lot of people off.

What do you guys think?

fucking hell

first pandora was all loloops only america, and now last.fm is "give monies" WHAT AM I TO DO

UK ​. I listen to recommendation and psychedelic radio quite a bit when reading comics, so this would've annoyed me.

sucks 4 u.

get spotify

if it's available wherever you live!

isnt spotify supposed to be pay2use once its out of beta?

WEB 2.0 IS DYING!

EVERYBODY PANIC!

But seriously, I am surprised that they actually have a business model.

fucking hell

first pandora was all loloops only america, and now last.fm is "give monies" WHAT AM I TO DO

like isn't the appeal of all these places that you can get free crap

yeah youtube we're now going to charge you 50 cents for each time you look at a youtube poop

fuck I think I deleted one or two albums because I knew I could listen on last.fm if I wanted to

well there's still those youtube videos that are actually just a still picture and are essentially an mp3 of the song

Edit: wow topic title is misleading f you

but still same difference aren't there enough sites like this where French people etc. can just hop on another site and still get free stuff and tell last.fm to jump up their butt

oh no now i can't tell the internet what i'm listening to because everybody on the internet wants to know

really though, it seems like they'd be losing a lot of their userbase, since a lot of the people i've seen on last.fm aren't really from those three countries (all that much at least)

It's only for the radio anyways. Plus, Last.FM has become a little crappy recently. The "similar" bands system has gone down the crapper. It's still useful and if you want to listen to a band you can just go on their myspace or acquire their CDs anyways.

in all seriousness this is pretty stupid! then again they were begging for cash not too long ago (I believe this is when DS bought his subscription).

I find it rather silly and annoying how we are an internet society/generation, but many sites use geographical locations to limit their content. What gives? Add Last.FM to the list of sites that many people will be using HotSpotShield and proxies for.

proof that atari only reads topic titles....

tldr

I find it rather silly and annoying how we are an internet society/generation, but many sites use geographical locations to limit their content. What gives? Add Last.FM to the list of sites that many people will be using HotSpotShield and proxies for.

content rights holders are the ones who restrict their content to locations, and in this case it's a matter of monetary feasibility. why don't you try learning instead of just whining?