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I’m at home, writing some quizzes and listening to Pandora.  Today will be my last day of listening, since I won’t be able to tomorrow.  I received this message from them today:

Dear Pandora listener,

Today we have some extremely disappointing news to share with you. Due to international licensing constraints, we are deeply, deeply sorry to say that we must begin proactively preventing access to Pandora’s streaming service for most countries outside of the U.S.

It is difficult to convey just how disappointing this is for us. Our vision remains to eventually make Pandora a truly global service, but for the time being, we can no longer continue as we have been. As a small company, the best chance we have of realizing our dream of Pandora all around the world is to grow as the licensing landscape allows.

[blah, blah, blah....]

Man, internet radio has been getting attacked lately.  At least NPR is helping lead the fight.  (I emailed my congressmen to complain.)  Now I’ll have to switch to last.fm even though I liked the song selection in Pandora better.