Comments on: Music sharing that's free and legal

Peer-to-peer networking meets Internet radio. Is on-demand streaming far behind?

Mercora is Amazing!

I am a long time & loyal member of Mercora. Not only is Mercora about sharing music but it's about community and it has one of the best if not THE BEST online community on anywhere. The staff are involved with the community and make an amazing effort to listen to everyones oppinions and act on them for the betterment of Mercora. The program itself though still in Beta testing is simply amazing, easy to use, free but most of all FUN!

This article was a great read and did a great job of explaing the options and what is around the corner and Mercora is it!

Stec

[kieranmullen]

Will not be free forever... What about Sat radio etc?

They have to pay license fees, so I imagine once they are past the "startup" phase they will start to charge users. But what will the market bear? We already have 2 Audio Sat companies so eager for revenue that they are slasing price everythwere. For $12.95 http://www.sirius.com you can get sat radio and steaming udio to your desktop for free (XM charges more) Or You can pay $499 lifetime fee for it. I dont own equipment or stock in the company... Just wondering how far it will go when it comes down to business.

[dfxshadow]

Some services may not be free

There may be certian thigns that are not free. For instance Mercora currently provides you not only with streaming audio, but video, Among a host of other features... The music will always be free. But i dont mind charging extra for the streaming video content... or maybe adding in a download service much akin to itunes.

[kieranmullen]

Get up to speed download.com!

And another thing!

Get up to speed guys! Start offering G2, G1, and Edonkey Hash links to download and hash codes to compare final files besides just the http links.

[dfxshadow]

Mercora is awesome! Indeed.

I must agree with Stec, I have been around mercora for quite some time.. Stec, Method, Sauce, Atri, Hell just about all of the developers, have always stayed in touch and listened to our feedback, Stec and myself have contributed alot to the overal outlook of mercora, How many programs listen to the users like this. While were not officially part of the team. We are part of the family.. Long Live MERCORA!!!

[Ubber geek]

outlook of mercora

http://www.analogstereo.com/plymouth_prowler_owners_manual.htm

[applian]

Replay Music does this for Streaming Music

You can do this with "traditional" internet radio stations like Yahoo Launch, using Replay Music, and it's 100% legal, too.

Check out www.replay-music.com to see how it works.

[robertomejia]

The Paradise for the Music Lovers

I think that it will be the paradise to all the music lovers, and i'm one of their. I can't work without music, specially hip-hop, r&b and rock music. When this project be real, we'll see a new age for the digital music, because it will be the solution to all the music lovers that want to listen your favorite songs for free, without braking the laws. Congratulations to this experts, because they're ready to write a new pharagraph in the digital music history, and for us, the music lovers, they'll be our heroes...
Sorry about my english, but i'm latin, i'm from Guatemala City, my name is Roberto Mejía, Webmaster and Multimedia Designer. See you in the future CNet readers!

[Tunefeed]

Tunefeed free music sharing

Tunefeed.com is a free music sharing system. It?s similar to Mercora, but without the download. Tunefeed.com is focussed on friend recommendations and are also licensed by the recording industry. Custom playlists and search facilities enable you to find all sorts of new stuff. Tunefeed.com is fully legal free music sharing.