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

[Jeff Mitchell]

Leo Franchi wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, S G <sxg9.9999 at gmail.com
> <mailto:sxg9.9999 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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.
> 
> 
> Please note that just from this email it is not enough for us to put
> back the shoutcast service. Assuming that the code works, and hasn't
> bitrotted by not being included for a while, with a legal situation of
> this magnitude (e.g. the VLC guys had a *lawsuit* filed against them)
> we'd like some more authority to speak on this, rather than a random email.

I'm not sure why "S G" is trusting the random dude at AOL, but yes --
there are actual legal issues, and we've not divulged them because we
were specifically asked not to. They do involve VLC, and they do involve
a lawsuit filed against VLC. I don't even think that much was supposed
to be said, but Leo let the cat out of the bag.

This is not a "knee-jerk reaction", as described by some person at AOL
that has probably never heard of Amarok. But please -- stop demanding
the return of this feature. If and when we can, it will come back. At
the moment there are too many open and potentially very serious issues,
despite what the AOL dude told you.

--Jeff

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