>From: "Rogers, Ian" <irogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sender: owner-nameless@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>OK.  I just got excited about the internet again.  GR Lisa just sent me
>a URL for MP3Spy (http://www.mp3spy.com), an app to organize Shoutcast
>(http://www.shoutcast.com) servers.  Shoutcast is the new streaming MP3
>technology that allows *anyone* with a net connection to become their
>own broadcast channel.
>
>Shoutcast has been around since the first of the year only, and already
>there are approximately 400 broadcast channels.  These channels are
>mostly people listening to their own MP3 files, and broadcasting them
>worldwide for anyone who wants to listen.  For those 400 channels, there
>are currently about 950 people listening at any given time.  Each
>channel has a 3 to 16 person listening capacity, on average, since most
>people are broadcasting from their homes over cable modems, etc.
>
>MP3Spy puts an organizer/chat interface over the top of it, where
>servers are split up by genre, and each server has an associated chat
>room.  For example, right now I'm in the jamaica room, listening to
>reggae, dancehall, and ska, and chatting with the four other people who
>are listening to the same thing.  Other channels of note I've found so
>far are the Coutry/Rock/Metal channel, where it went from Power
>Windows-era Rush to Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the underground hip hop
>channel.  
>
>The Nullsoft people have released Shoutcast in their signature fashion,
>for the people, by the people, without regard for the havoc they are
>creating for existing media.  Get it up and out there quick, and let the
>net users run with it and create the content.  It's genius.  And it's
>pretty punk (even if they do admit to liking Primus on their site).  
>
>Go get the latest WinAmp, and the MP3Spy, and spend some time.
>
>ian


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