27th
Pandora’s FAQ on its licensing…. :(
Pandora had a FAQ on why you can’t just type in a song title and expect to hear it, but they’ve sorta hidden their answer (or just forgot that their answer is buried in their old blog). Here is their answer (since http://blog.pandora.com/faq/contents/25.html redirects to their new help section which doesn’t seem to address this question):
Our music licenses forbid hearing a song or artist in a predictable way. Here are our primary licensing restrictions: We cannot play a specific song or artist right away, or “on demand.” We cannot play more than four songs…
Our music licenses forbid hearing a song or artist in a predictable way.
Here are our primary licensing restrictions:
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We cannot play a specific song or artist right away, or “on demand.”
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We cannot play more than four songs credited to a particular artist name in a three-hour period. This is the maximum, so each artist may play even less often than that.
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A Pandora station cannot play a playlist of only certain songs or artists: we must include a mix of similar songs and artists on each Pandora station.
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You cannot rewind, or immediately replay, any song on Pandora.
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You cannot download or cache music from Pandora. Pandora requires an active internet connection. If you’d like to hear the music Pandora plays for you offline, we make it easy to purchase the music you hear.
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A Pandora station cannot provide unlimited song “skips.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: These licensing restrictions apply to all Pandora listeners, including those that have paid for unlimited listening hours or upgraded to Pandora One accounts. They also apply to all devices that support Pandora.
