Last.fm é rádio?

«(...)The Motley Fool investors publication says Last.fm could mean the end of radio.

Kurt Hanson, who I respect more on these issues, says wait one minute -- Last.fm isn't even radio.

It's an interesting prospect either way. To bring you up to date the four major record labels have cut a deal with Last.fm to get a penny or so for every time a young consumer goes to Last.fm and requests a song. Hanson points out, "Going to a website and saying “I would like to hear ‘You Know I’m No Good’ by Amy Winehouse right now and then being played that song is not “radio” by any stretch of the definition that I’ve ever heard."
The Motley Fool is enamored at the prospect of free online streaming of music from the major labels and a host of indies.

One problem.
Young people have voted again and again in this race that they want to own their music not rent it or listen through a glorified subscription or ad-supported service.
(...) 6. Radio (whether Last.fm or terrestrial) cannot compete with an iPod for playing favorite music. An iPod is a storage device that plays back music. Radio entertains -- or should. Subscription services or ad driven services like Last.fm will be more popular with record labels than with young consumers.

The Motley Fool says:

“Last.fm, bought by CBS… is providing on-demand delivery of its growing digital library for free...Naturally, this is also bad news for other companies selling digital tracks, like Apple, or music subscription services like Napster and RealNetworks".

I disagree. Terrestrial radio doesn't have to worry about what Last.fm is doing. It needs to worry about what radio isn't doing.(...)»

fonte: «lost.fm», Jerry Del Colliano, 25/01/08

KURT HANSEN: «This is not radio! Going to a website and saying “I would like to hear ‘You Know I’m No Good’ by Amy Winehouse right now” and then being played that song is not “radio” by any stretch of the definition that I’ve ever heard. Reasonable people can differ as to what is “radio.” The NAB and the RAB, for example, apparently don’t consider XM or Sirius to be “radio.” Some traditional broadcasters think it’s not “radio” if it doesn’t have disk jockeys (although then you have to reject Jack FM stations and 50 years of automated FM stations). Others might say it’s not “radio” unless it’s a one-to-many transmission, which would exclude personalizable Internet radio brands (even though most consumers wouldn’t). But in every case above, there’s some element of a continuous stream of music that’s selected by someone (or, in the case of a smart recommendation engine, something) else. Influenced by the consumer? Sure. A precise sequence of songs specifically selected by the consumer? I think not. That’s not radio — that’s an “on-demand music service.” Just like Rhapsody, except without a 25-songs-per-month limit (and with more advertising). And it has far less value to both the average adult consumer and to record labels» 24/01/08