Shoutcast.com Internet Radio Stations removed from latest Amarok release & Info from Shoutcast

[S G]

Thank-you for your prompt attention to this issue.  Based on your
note, I look forward to a future release of Amarok with this feature
included.  Thank-you for your time and attention to this.

SG

On 11/17/09, Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM, S G <sxg9.9999 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To whom it may concern,
>> So it is somewhat disingenuous for Amarok to state this position of "legal
>> reasons" for not including the SC feature in the latest release. I tried
>> to
>> find out more about this on IRC #amarok but it seems no one there is
>> interested in including SC in future releases. As a matter of fact,
>> <marky>
>> suggested to one user they write a script to get the listings, similar to
>> the post by Mamarok. Huh?? Why doesn't Amarok do it once and make it
>> available again to its many users who find this feature useful and
>> convenient? There seem to be more reasons than are being divulged by
>> Amarok
>> for it not to be included. This is too bad because there are other options
>> that continue to include SC listings such as Exaile, VLC, Tunapie, to
>> which
>> I for one have turned. I think Amarok has underestimated the user base on
>> this one.
>>
>> I really liked the feature, found it very useful, and I believe that other
>> users did too.  I would like to request that it be included in future
>> releases, please.
>>
>
> Thanks for the clarification of the license. I for one was not aware that we
> were misinterpreting their legal terms. I don't see any reason for not
> re-adding the shoutcast browser service.
>
> leo
>
>
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