MP3.com Removes "High-Bandwidth" Streams 154

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @07:58AM from the what's-the-future dept.

mshiltonj writes "I noticed today that mp3.com no longer offers high-bandwidth streams for its genres or stations, although it looks like artists' playlists and individual songs are available in high bandwidth. mp3.com has lots and lots of free music that was free and legal to listen to online, and a good number of my "music bookmarks" were on mp3.com. I'll live (I've still got my favorite stream), but I don't think it's a good sign. Is streaming music doomed to die, not because of RIAA litigation, but because of expensive bandwidth costs?" I don't think bandwidth will be the determining cost - that's a price that has been falling and will continue to fall. But are things like iTunes store the future, or is it streaming?

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by swordboy ( 472941 ) writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @08:01AM (#6338095) Journal

Company cuts cost in down economy.

Wow!

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by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @08:03AM (#6338107)

Bankrupt

Is broadband doomed? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @08:05AM (#6338112)

P2P under attack...high bandwidth streams no longer available...Windows Product Activation...everyone would be back on 56k modems if it wasn't for pr0n!

Why Slashdot it again??? (Score:5, Funny)

by jkrise ( 535370 ) writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @08:06AM (#6338115) Journal

Here's mp3.com removing High-bandwidth streams, and now we go and slashdot it to oblivion! What next? We get 128kBps AAC from mp3.com??

uh... (Score:4, Funny)

by MacJedi ( 173 ) writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @09:42AM (#6338676) Homepage

The website is called MP3 DOT COM! If they don't stream mp3s, then who will?!!
/joeyo

Not anymore... (Score:2, Funny)

by JF ( 18696 ) writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @09:59AM (#6338780)

> I've still got my favorite stream

Great idea, post a link to a 150-listener station on /.

Now I'll have to listen to crappy music until it goes off the front page and I can get the stream back! ;)

Re:And you call yourselves nerds... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 01, 2003 @02:40PM (#6341580)

Somewhere, I can hear the sound of an RIAA member's servers crying for mommy.

(Yes, RIAA member. mp3.com==vivendi universal==RIAA member).

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