Sorry for my hurried, geek-focused reply to
"The Future of Radio" (SEE BELOW)
A lot has changed since the original post, of 2 years ago.
The change is mainly due to l"awer-ly activity".
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio
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"IPod" is a trademark.
It is essentially an MP3 player ... with "handcuffs".
Those "handcuffs" are called "DRM" .
DRM is a double-edged sword (more)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management
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This may be more of what I (we ?) want the future of radio to be:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/
http://developers.slashdot.org/article. ... 06/0434239
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article. ... 27/1420201
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/1958243
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/06/1754204
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/15/201259
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1243251