Pandora goes silent
Everyone's favorite content-based music recommender radio, Pandora has gone silent for listeners outside of the USA. Tim Westergren, CEO of Pandora writes:
Today we have some extremely disappointing news to share with you. Due to international licensing constraints, we are deeply, deeply sorry to say that we must begin proactively preventing access to Pandora's streaming service for most countries outside of the U.S.
It is difficult to convey just how disappointing this is for us. Our vision remains to eventually make Pandora a truly global service, but for the time being, we can no longer continue as we have been. As a small company, the best chance we have of realizing our dream of Pandora all around the world is to grow as the licensing landscape allows.
It is especially tough
sledding lately for Pandora and other Internet Radio Stations as they
struggle to survive in a world filled with copyright owners trying to
extract every possible penny from every song play.