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See also --
Project home: http://www.playdar.org/
Source hub: http://github.com/RJ/playdar-core
Wired article: http://bit.ly/5lRuj
New Scientist: http://bit.ly/3qhFrK
Paul Lamere: http://bit.ly/1HK9ZP
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[36]Playdar pitch 0.1

    [37]This blog entry is work in progress on explaining Playdar. It's
    not yet clear enough to be turned into an elevator pitch. In
    particular the third point needs to be broken out into separate points
    about convenience and quality.
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    Playdar is special because it is scalable, cheap, and uncoupled.

It is scalable because it is capable of supporting the entire internet.

    No single music service can say the same, no matter how big. Every
    service has its own strengths and weaknesses, with the strengths of
    one counterbalancing the weaknesses of another.

    Spotify is only in Europe, Rhapsody is only in the US. YouTube is the
    only place for a large pool of amateur content. File sharing networks
    are the only source for orphaned works that are out of print but still
    in copyright. Web search is the only way to locate recordings hosted
    solely by the creators on their own servers. Chinese pop is readily
    available in businesses that cater to Chinese customers,
    spanish-language pop is readily available from Latin American
    companies, and so on for every cultural group on earth, but no
    business serves all of these customers.

    The internet is about federation, not balkanization. Playdar
    federates. It is a single API for many different sources of content.

It is cheap for web sites because they don't owe royalties.

    Webcasting and on-demand streams cost a lot of money. Web providers
    have a very hard time staying in business. Playing MP3s in iTunes or
    Winamp doesn't cost anything. These companies have no trouble staying
    in business. Playdar allows web apps to use the same technique as
    software on your PC. This saves money.

    Web sites can do music cheaply by ignoring the risk of lawsuit and
    hosting MP3s for themselves, but if they have bad luck it will cost
    them even more than webcasting or on-demand streams.

    Playdar doesn't evade payment and licensing, though! It reuses sources
    that are already paid for, which enhances their value. Playdar makes
    it possible for a user who buys an MP3 from Amazon to reuse their
    purchase on Pandora.

It uncouples MP3 sources from discovery and management.

    With Playdar getting MP3s and other music media is distinct from using
    them, so that you use one tool for getting and another for playing or
    organizing.

    This lets you use the best tool for the job. You should be able to
    have the best music player and the best source of music even if they
    aren't from the same vendor.

    It also makes it more convenient to share songs, because people can
    use the same link even if they have different ways of getting music.


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