Guus Bosman

For years I have been listening to web radio. When I worked in the Netherlands I found http://www.shoutcast.com, a collection with free MP3 streams with a wide variety of music styles. Most of the streams I listen to are broadcasted by DI.fm or Sky.fm, its partner company.

Instead of going through Shoutcast.com, I found myself listening to Sky.fm pretty much all the time. The music selection is excellent and their servers are so reliable that it's as good as listening to an MP3 collection on your hard disk.

A few months ago I upgraded to the premium service. Partly to get rid of the advertisements, and partly because I want to support the company in the hope they'll stay alive in the wake of the new royalty fee scheme for internet broadcasting. I don't know who's wrong or right in that conflict between the RIAA and internet broadcasters, but I do know that I would really miss web radio if they have to take their service down.