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by bbb 5858 days ago
Bonus: Watch American TV on Hulu and Listen to music on Last.fm / Pandora even if you don't live in the US

From a user point of view, I think that's pretty cool. However, are you sure it's legal? I'd think it's greyish at best (but IANAL), and you might get a lot of unwanted attention from the big media companies for advertising this so openly. Are you sure you have the pockets to stand up to them in court even if you are sure that it's legal?
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rokhayakebe 5858 days ago
" Bonus: Watch American TV on Hulu and Listen to music on Last.fm / Pandora even if you don't live in the US"

I almost left the site, then it clicked features. Meh. Then I saw those lines and thought WOW, s/he's got something going here.

Take away: Stop listing features and start listing benefits. Otherwise lot of users will miss out on a great app, and you may miss out on your opportunity.

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evannyx 5858 days ago
I'm not sure I understand...isn't being able to watch online American TV / listen to American radio a benefit? or do you mean we should replace the features page with "benefits" such as being able to browse US-only websites?
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sz 5858 days ago
The second; you want to answer not "what does this do" but "how will this impact my life".
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rokhayakebe 5854 days ago
"replace the features page with "benefits""

Yes.

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evannyx 5858 days ago
We have had many combined years of experience in this field and have decided to push our own offering to simplify ones experience. Regarding the IANAL aspect you can see here http://tinyurl.com/2bd45en where the #1 act in the world understand the stakes and where the true money is made. As for the pockets to stand up to them in Court, I would imagine there aren't many folks that do. We have quality legal minds on staff that are available 24hrs a day
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bbb 5858 days ago
Regarding the IANAL aspect you can see here http://tinyurl.com/2bd45en where the #1 act in the world understand the stakes and where the true money is made.

Oh, I don't doubt that many artists would welcome your service if it leads to a broader, more international audience. Yet I somehow doubt that the labels and their lawyers are necessarily going to be of the same opinion.

Anyway, if I may digress, if you happen to be offering the reverse service at some point, I'd like to watch German RTL Formula One coverage from the US. RTL even offers an iPhone app for that, but they check the user's location and block viewers not residing in Germany... :-(

These arbitrary "market segmentations" are really annoying and not the least in the interest in the viewer (who, sadly, is not the customer...). Good luck toppling them, I'll root for you.

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