Internet Radio is somewhat a new thing being as it didn’t exist only couple of years ago. However, it’s a very good alternative to regular radio and when your on a computer connected to the internet I see no reason for anyone not to listen to it. Not only is there a much broader range of music you can listen to, it’s all very easy to set up and use.

There are many, many music players at there (iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc.) and because Internet Radio can be played on any of them makes it even more user friendly. As a fact as I’m writing this right now I’m listening to SkyFM Smooth Jazz… Such I’ve converted to Linux on my laptop I’m using XMM however to stream the music. Anyway, Windows Media Player 11 is definitely not a bad media player (if you have the right codecs that is) and so if any of you are still using WMP 10, this is a good point to upgrade right now not only because it looks x10 better but it function way better as well.

However, when I was on XP I typically use Winamp as my main media player as it can pretty much play every single type of media file out there. And if there’s one file (such as .avi, or some weird Asian format) I whip out VLC player which probably is the most complete media player ever… Anyway, this post is informative and also trying to promote the use of Internet Radio because very soon there might not be any stations left. Only a short time ago I was browsing Shoutcast.com and found that Music Industry to trying to pull the plug…. Typical of them trying to make more money by you buying more music from iTunes or Napster…

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger!
The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC has more than tripled the royalty rates for webcasters and if left unchanged they will *KILL* Internet radio. These exorbitant rates go into effect on May 15, less than a month from now (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). Without Congressional action the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. We need your help. Please take a moment to send a letter to your member of Congress to keep Net radio from being silenced.

I’d suggest if any of you want to continue or start using this awesome service that you send those boneheads at the Copyright Royalty Board a letter or two.