What you're saying makes sense, Mike. If I lead you to think that i believe CC was trying to inconvenience anyone or any group of anyones, then I unintentionally mislead you. I really don't believe that at all, nor do I pretend to know what's behind their decision to block streaming access outside the States. But if there were prohibitive costs associated with streaming U. S. product outside American borders, why wouldn't it affect other large radio station groups? Take CBS for instance, which has, of late been invoking many cost cutting moves, while still streaming world wide. Or how about Citadel? Lots of stations, all streaming worldwide.
Really my comment was just sort of an off the cuff thing which is probably dangerously close to being off topic. But the point does remain. Of all the American megga-station groups that stream CC is, to my knowledge, the only American company that restricts the ability to access. If that is incorrect, I would be pleased to stand corrected. Meanwhile, ou clearly like and enjoy aspects of how CC streams. And by all means, their many streams are available to you, so why not enjoy them. I was just offering another point of view concerning CC practices. The why that surrounds those practices is someone else's to sort out. Their reason may well be perfectly legitimate. Still, as I'm sure you can understand, those of us who are left out have little reason to applaud them. For us, Clear Channel stations are silent. Larry Larry Naessens Vinyl Trans4mations A Division of Jalana Enterprises Bradford, Ontario Phone: 905 918 0658 Vinyl Trans4mations, a Burn Above the Rest At Vinyl Trans4mations, we turn old records and tapes into brand new CDs that you can listen to for a lifetime. Visit us at www.vinylguycafe.com. We welcome all of your enquiries by phone or email. Before sending us your media, please contact us for important shipping instructions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: trying to listen to this station > Why block. Legal reasons, I suspect. > Or it could be the issue of royalty payments. > Things like this aren't just done to inconvenience folks; they have their > reasons like with most things. > One may not be happy about this, but this is done elsewhere as often > pointed out with some BBC channels. > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
