Comments on: Lala Launches On-demand Free Streaming Music Service http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:20:39 -0800 hourly 1 By: Michael Wexler http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1452509 Michael Wexler Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:11:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1452509 Anyone notice that the red arrows on the CD listings all went away? Appears that playlists will all allow full tracks, but "on demand, find a cd and play it" has been removed; some do have 30 second samples like the old days. Anyone notice that the red arrows on the CD listings all went away? Appears that playlists will all allow full tracks, but “on demand, find a cd and play it” has been removed; some do have 30 second samples like the old days.

]]> By: wewttgvzop http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1441824 wewttgvzop Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:37:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1441824 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! yylisxaciegx Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! yylisxaciegx

]]> By: a quiet revolution http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1425912 a quiet revolution Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:00:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1425912 <strong>Digital Update # 7: Lala Offers Restricted Use DRM-free MP3s [I know]...</strong> The songs are DRM-free, but are downloaded directly to the iPod. The only way for a user to then remove them is to hack the iPod. So while the songs do not contain DRM, the user is effectively barred from consuming the song cross-platform….The d... Digital Update # 7: Lala Offers Restricted Use DRM-free MP3s [I know]…

The songs are DRM-free, but are downloaded directly to the iPod. The only way for a user to then remove them is to hack the iPod. So while the songs do not contain DRM, the user is effectively barred from consuming the song cross-platform….The d…

]]> By: Just a random blog ! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1423386 Just a random blog ! Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:51:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1423386 [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...] [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...]

]]> By: Piracy on Facebook is as Easy as Mosoto Remix : Forecast-Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1423301 Piracy on Facebook is as Easy as Mosoto Remix : Forecast-Blog Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:09:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1423301 [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...] [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...]

]]> By: Piracy on Facebook is as Easy as Mosoto Remix http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1423250 Piracy on Facebook is as Easy as Mosoto Remix Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:03:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1423250 [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...] [...] music services have had to pay for the privilege of playing full copyrighted songs. Lala expects to fork over $143 million in the next two years for royalty fees. Pandora had to shut off international access because of [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1412367 Paul Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:36:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1412367 the first to do this? I could have swore there have been a handful of sites like this where they have LEGALLY streamed music for free, excluding sites that extract music from blogs the first to do this? I could have swore there have been a handful of sites like this where they have LEGALLY streamed music for free, excluding sites that extract music from blogs

]]> By: Anders Fredriksson http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1411068 Anders Fredriksson Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:25:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1411068 Have anyone heard of Spotify.com? I just saw a demo of their itunes-like player and it was very impressive. Search for any type of music and it is playable and replayable at any time. (given that you are online) From what I have heard the client streams music using bittorrent technology, and both quality and buffering was superb! anyways.... just thought to give a heads up //Anders Fredriksson Have anyone heard of Spotify.com? I just saw a demo of their itunes-like player and it was very impressive. Search for any type of music and it is playable and replayable at any time. (given that you are online)

From what I have heard the client streams music using bittorrent technology, and both quality and buffering was superb!

anyways…. just thought to give a heads up

//Anders Fredriksson

]]> By: Haggie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410764 Haggie Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:41:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410764 what if you do not own an ipod? nor ever plan on owning one? what if you do not own an ipod? nor ever plan on owning one?

]]> By: Dan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410741 Dan Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:16:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410741 ps: http://blog.fastcompany.com/experts/gspotts/2007/03/indie_band_reach_new_sales_hei.html?partner=rss ps:
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]]> By: Dan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410732 Dan Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410732 belch belch

]]> By: eelco http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410700 eelco Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:49:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410700 I can't understand why i need an ipod for this service. In Holland, there's a site that just plays the albums using flash. You can listen the complete albums as many times as you like, until the album disappears from the site: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/ They don't sell music on this site though, because they want to stay independent (it's a public radio station). But i found myself buying an album (somewhere else) after listening to it here quite a few times. It's a legal service, in case you were wondering. I can’t understand why i need an ipod for this service. In Holland, there’s a site that just plays the albums using flash. You can listen the complete albums as many times as you like, until the album disappears from the site:

http://3voor12....nl/luisterpaal/

They don’t sell music on this site though, because they want to stay independent (it’s a public radio station). But i found myself buying an album (somewhere else) after listening to it here quite a few times.

It’s a legal service, in case you were wondering.

]]> By: AmateurX http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410525 AmateurX Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:13:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410525 I listened to a few tracks this morning, & I agree that the quality is pretty bad. It does serve a purpose, though. I listened to an album that I've been curios about for a while. I decided to add it to my Want List (which is the same as buying to me). I've been doing the same thing with Pandora for a while now. The beauty with this though, is that I can choose which songs I want to hear when. I listened to a few tracks this morning, & I agree that the quality is pretty bad. It does serve a purpose, though. I listened to an album that I’ve been curios about for a while. I decided to add it to my Want List (which is the same as buying to me). I’ve been doing the same thing with Pandora for a while now. The beauty with this though, is that I can choose which songs I want to hear when.

]]> By: ella http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410518 ella Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:10:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410518 actually, i like their service. being able to hear all songs in full length online gets me in the mood of buying some of them for my ipod. why did they change their website design ? the one beforehand was as least as nice as the one now. actually, i like their service. being able to hear all songs in full length online gets me in the mood of buying some of them for my ipod.
why did they change their website design ? the one beforehand was as least as nice as the one now.

]]> By: Concrete Stain http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410502 Concrete Stain Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:55:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410502 I like the 18 month prediction for dead pool - $60 a user / yr ... is not acceptable .. - Their play on demand player - has literally 'no interface' - it goes as a icon on your taskbar / then you click and can say track forward or stop (no pause) .... - can only track forward 5x a hour. - Not a good idea / amazingly got far though I like the 18 month prediction for dead pool

– $60 a user / yr … is not acceptable ..

– Their play on demand player – has literally ‘no interface’

– it goes as a icon on your taskbar / then you click and can say track forward or stop (no pause) ….

– can only track forward 5x a hour.

– Not a good idea / amazingly got far though

]]> By: Greg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410375 Greg Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:09:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410375 @Noah: Sounds good enough to my tin ear. I'm gonna buy that new Wilco sooner or later, but being able to listen to it while doin' my computin' is worth less-than-ideal sound quality. @Noah: Sounds good enough to my tin ear. I’m gonna buy that new Wilco sooner or later, but being able to listen to it while doin’ my computin’ is worth less-than-ideal sound quality.

]]> By: Jay Bern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410280 Jay Bern Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:11:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410280 I just uploaded about 10 GBs of music and it's really nice. I even synch'd my iPod from work even though the music is on the Web. I kept worrying about how long they would last before being sued, and then I found the bit. First, their tool enables you to upload the music. Second, they're licensing the playback from the record companies. The fixed the two key things that MP3.com didn't do - they talked to the record industry and they didn't use the same scheme that got MP3 sued. I even bought a CD this morning. I listened to an album a couple of times and decided they had good prices. It's a bit strange but it worked on me. I just uploaded about 10 GBs of music and it’s really nice. I even synch’d my iPod from work even though the music is on the Web. I kept worrying about how long they would last before being sued, and then I found the bit.

First, their tool enables you to upload the music. Second, they’re licensing the playback from the record companies. The fixed the two key things that MP3.com didn’t do – they talked to the record industry and they didn’t use the same scheme that got MP3 sued.

I even bought a CD this morning. I listened to an album a couple of times and decided they had good prices. It’s a bit strange but it worked on me.

]]> By: Chriz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410175 Chriz Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:24:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410175 I'm really happy with my digital music setup. I buy from eMusic and iTunes. Sync to an iPod. Make playlists with The Filter and then profile it all on last.fm. Things don't need to be more complicated - and I don't need to stream what I already own. I'm not sure where this service fits in. I’m really happy with my digital music setup. I buy from eMusic and iTunes. Sync to an iPod. Make playlists with The Filter and then profile it all on last.fm. Things don’t need to be more complicated – and I don’t need to stream what I already own. I’m not sure where this service fits in.

]]> By: Coleman Hines http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410090 Coleman Hines Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:35:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410090 deadpool within 12 months deadpool within 12 months

]]> By: TalkTopics.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410062 TalkTopics.com Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:11:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410062 <strong>On demand free music streaming to be offered by Lala...</strong> Lala was launched to provide music streaming that is unlimited and to be on demand. The launched would be one of the best moves to be done by the company which is launched using beta. http://www.t...... On demand free music streaming to be offered by Lala…

Lala was launched to provide music streaming that is unlimited and to be on demand. The launched would be one of the best moves to be done by the company which is launched using beta.

http://www.t……

]]> By: hendrik http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1410011 hendrik Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:17:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1410011 ... So while the songs do not contain DRM, the user is effectively barred from consuming the song cross-platform .... .... "but the service will only allow one licensed copy of that watermarked file to work on Lala at a time" .... and how is that not Digital Rights Manangement (DRM)? I have not that many problems with DRM, but this 'smells' like DRM and if its not i'm missing some new buzzwords to hide the D** word. cheers, Hendrik … So while the songs do not contain DRM, the user is effectively barred from consuming the song cross-platform ….

…. “but the service will only allow one licensed copy of that watermarked file to work on Lala at a time” ….

and how is that not Digital Rights Manangement (DRM)? I have not that many problems with DRM, but this ’smells’ like DRM and if its not i’m missing some new buzzwords to hide the D** word.

cheers,
Hendrik

]]> By: Browse http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1409966 Browse Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:20:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1409966 That's a great idea. I'm gonna post 30GB of music, a good portion of which I don't even know where I got it from. They'll get eaten alive with bandwidth costs and legal fees. And they'll have a database of presumably pirated material (if you've got b-sides and differently formatted tracks off the same disc, odds are you didn't rip it). That’s a great idea. I’m gonna post 30GB of music, a good portion of which I don’t even know where I got it from.

They’ll get eaten alive with bandwidth costs and legal fees. And they’ll have a database of presumably pirated material (if you’ve got b-sides and differently formatted tracks off the same disc, odds are you didn’t rip it).

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1409933 TechCrunch Japanese Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:51:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1409933 <strong>Lala、オンデマンド無料音楽ストリーミングをローンチ...</strong> 速報。LaLaが、オンデマンドでストリーミング音楽を無制限に聞くことのできる無料サービスを開始した。この種のもので初めての適法サービスだ。新しいキャッチコピーは「好きな時..... Lala、オンデマンド無料音楽ストリーミングをローンチ…

速報。LaLaが、オンデマンドでストリーミング音楽を無制限に聞くことのできる無料サービスを開始した。この種のもので初めての適法サービスだ。新しいキャッチコピーは「好きな時…..

]]> By: trade cds http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1409927 trade cds Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:40:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1409927 I welcome their lost members with open arms! :) I welcome their lost members with open arms! :)

]]> By: Noah http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1409876 Noah Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:53:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/04/lala-bets-the-company-on-free-streaming-music/#comment-1409876 @ pg They probably only "authenticate" songs that are owned by Warner Bros. (or anyone else they have special deals with). I'd be very surprised if they'd messed up that big. As for the service, the quality is awful. Definitely not 128 kbps. And the stream rebuffers every 10 seconds. Hopefully the rebuffering will clear up as they recover from TC/Digg, but 32 kbps, or whatever it is, basically kills this service (unless they slide bit rate for high volume, which would be awfully fancy). Furthermore, I just don't see how this can be profitable. @ pg

They probably only “authenticate” songs that are owned by Warner Bros. (or anyone else they have special deals with). I’d be very surprised if they’d messed up that big.

As for the service, the quality is awful. Definitely not 128 kbps. And the stream rebuffers every 10 seconds. Hopefully the rebuffering will clear up as they recover from TC/Digg, but 32 kbps, or whatever it is, basically kills this service (unless they slide bit rate for high volume, which would be awfully fancy).

Furthermore, I just don’t see how this can be profitable.

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