Pandora not available outside US anymore

[Fourier Transform]

This is the message you get when you visit Pandora:

Did a search, couldn't find anything. Sorry if it's a repost.

Dear Pandora Visitor,

We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.

We believe that you are in Canada (your IP address appears to be xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). If you believe we have made a mistake, we apologize and ask that you please contact us at pandora-support@pandora.com

If you are a paid subscriber, please contact us at pandora-support@pandora.com and we will issue a pro-rated refund to the credit card you used to sign up. If you have been using Pandora, we will keep a record of your existing stations and bookmarked artists and songs, so that when we are able to launch in your country, they will be waiting for you.

We will be notifying listeners as licensing agreements are established in individual countries. If you would like to be notified by email when Pandora is available in your country, please enter your email address below. The pace of global licensing is hard to predict, but we have the ultimate goal of being able to offer our service everywhere.

We share your disappointment and greatly appreciate your understanding.

Sincerely,

Tim Westergen

Tim Westergren
Founder

 

[Alone]

Nothing they can do about it.

 

[Fourier Transform]

Originally posted by: Alone
Nothing they can do about it.

I know. It was such an awesome site though. This sucks.

Any suggestions for similar sites?

 

[ForumMaster]

yeah. while i doubt you will find this, it was discussed. due to the face that the RIAA now demands royalty fees from radio stations (both regular and internet), pandora now has to pay per suscriber and since the RIAA has no legal authority outside the US, pandora can no longer serve ppl outside the us.

to me atleast, this seems easily bypassed through proxy servers which causes me to question the point. i suppose this limits it to a smaller percentage of people that actually know how to do this, but still, the possibility is there.

 

[eplebnista]

Thanks for the link! :thumbsup:

 

[Shawn]

n/m

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Shawn
n/m

edit changed my quote.

As posted above, there are always proxy servers, but I wonder if they would catch on to this and start restricting known proxy IP ranges?

 

[lyssword]

try this maybe? I've been using it for 2 days now
www.lala.com