Internet Radio

by alec on August 7, 2002

Interesting stuff I’m finding out as I dig into the peercast world. I haven’t followed the Internet radio debate, but wondered a few weeks ago why it was that my favorite Seattle radio station (KMTT) was no longer broadcasting over the net. Jamie Zawinski explains. Whoa! I wonder how this legislation and billing mechanism apply to foreign broadcasters. A lot of Canadian webcasters, for instance, still seem to be broadcasting, and Radio Free Virgin is definitely out there as well.

Peercast

by alec on August 7, 2002

Peercast is neat. While the music industry is busy trying to shut down internet radio, these folks have grafted broadcast and receive services on top of Gnutella. Voila – a distributed, non-centralized radio network. I am listening to Adam Curry (the former MTV jockey) right now.