Comments on: Pandora to close in the UK

By: Phil Yockney

Phil Yockney — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:17:18 +0000

@Jonas – thanks, but I’m not paying for a service, to get a service that I have to pay for !

Pandora still missed.

I now use LastFM which is good, but not that good, but they’re getting my money, Pandora isn’t.

By: Jonas McGregor

Jonas McGregor — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:04:31 +0000

@Phil Yockney

A tad late I know, but I read this post when looking to get the dust of my Squeezebox again. After seeking and trying a zillion combinations I came across Globalpandora.

No need to say I am as happy as a kid on XMas eve, streaming Pandora again on my Squeezebox!!!

Cheers,
Jonas

By: a nony mouse

a nony mouse — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:14:39 +0000

Meanwhile…those who lost Pandora will use BitTorrent to get their random music and the music industry loose out even more.

Talk about biting off your nose to spite your face.

By: Phil Yockney

Phil Yockney — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:12:26 +0000

It’s a year since we lost Pandora in the UK now..well almost.

I’m beginning to feel a little peeved at the loss of this service and not at the music companies oddly enough.

Pandora need to think a little more of their subscriber customers and release a different charging model for uk customers. They’ve said that people didn’t want to pay as littl as $3 a month..but that’s because you could stream Pandora, for free, on streaming devices like the Squeezebox, with no difference to a subscriber !

The adverts even on the web browser were so much in the background, there was no incentive to suscribe.

I’d happily pay £10 a month to get Pandora back.

By: doctorvee » Music became cheaper today

doctorvee » Music became cheaper today — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:18:43 +0000

[...] coming just a couple of weeks after Pandora closed its similar service in the UK on the basis that the labels were making it too difficult. Both the PPL (which represents the record labels) and the MCPS/PRS Alliance (which represents [...]

By: Fraser

Fraser — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:54:15 +0000

I’ve signed the petition and circulated the link. Although I can’t help thinking that it won’t make a blind bit of difference anyway but we have to try.

Tried accessing Pandora via proxy servers but it doesn’t seem to work. Has anyone had any success doing this, if so can you recommend a service?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:05:04 +0000

Thank heavens for proxy servers.

By: Checking Pandora’s claims against the record industry - blog - James Cridland

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:09:18 +0000

[...] few days ago, I posted the news that Pandora is closing in the UK. Part of the reasons given [...]

By: Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:43:20 +0000

The Guardian, in their story on this, has a quote:

“An MCPS/PRS spokesman said: “Licences are available for all online and mobile services and the terms applicable to webcasters were set down in the UK last year by an official independent and expert panel know as the Copyright Tribunal. In reaching its determination the panel heard considerable evidence from all sides of the online music business.”"

So the message is – pay up or f*ck off.

By: Helen Blaby

Helen Blaby — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:40:41 +0000

It does seem particularly short sighted of the authorities. I’ve lost count of the number of albums I’ve been out to buy after first hearing something on Pandora.

By: William T

William T — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:22:35 +0000

*Very* tenuously – I have been playing with Classic FM’s new “My Music” thing the last couple of nights. A cross between Music Choice and Last.fm… I’m not Martin Belam so you’ll have to make to with a few scribbled notes:

Pros: high sound quality (can’t figure out how to get the exact bitrate) and, crucially, good selection of music. Have been listening to Music for Studying (in the absence of a “Music for coding PHP” option). You can rate each track and composer.

Cons: IE only (and fails in a slightly misleading way in Firefox), you have to register beforehand and they want your postal address. Horrible interface (which gives me a chance to contrast it to a highly elegant Last.fm scrobbling app called ‘Vagalume’ on the N810 internet tablet..)

By: Chris Thornett

Chris Thornett — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:34:44 +0000

James,

I’ve set up a petition at No.10 in the hope that some ‘people power’ will push the issue of internet music royalties into the public eye and put some pressure on the likes of the MCPS-PRS and PPL.

Please sign the petition here – http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveNetRadioUK and lets stop this farce together!