Start-ups Blur Lines Between Radio, Music Swapping

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Start-ups+blur+lines+between+radio%2C+music+swapping/2100-1027_3-5598987.html?tag=nefd.lede' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Start-ups+blur+lines+between+radio%2C+music+swapping/2100-1027_3-5598987.html?tag=nefd.lede</a><br /><br /></div><i>" A new generation of start-ups is taking a page from Apple Computer's iTunes playbook, allowing Net radio listeners to draw their programming at will from one another's hard drives. At the head of a movement that could transform online radio, Live365 and start-up Grouper are the latest to blur these lines between Internet radio and online song-swapping, with an alliance aimed at turning the older companies' stable of amateur broadcasters into the hubs of peer-to-peer communities."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/live365_grouper.jpg" /><br /><br />Being able to stream your music collection to friends is very interesting. You can become your own "pirate radio" station. I think we'll see more companies push the envelope of streaming music over the next year. The consumer is just beginning to rediscover streaming audio on their PCs.