September 2010
2 posts
Copyright License Fees Drive Pandora Out of Canada →
Very sad and lame, though I’m still kind of curious how relavant Pandora will remain in the age of services like Ping, Rdio, and Spotify:
“Online streaming music services such as Pandora are abandoning plans to launch in Canada, claiming licensing fees are too high: ‘These rates … are astronomical,’ Tim Westergren, founder of California-based Pandora, wrote in an...
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Calvin College canceled New Pornographers concert... →
Troy Reimink of the The Grand Rapids Press does a great breakdown of what happens when ignorance gets in the way of good music.
According to a statement from the college: “(A)fter weeks of discussion and consideration, the irony of the band’s name was impossible to explain to many. The band’s name, to some, is mistakenly associated with pornography. Consequently, Calvin, to...