Mercora
Mercora is a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that focuses on streaming internet radio supplied by users for other users. It claims to be "the World's largest Radio Network Powered by the People". It also claims to be entirely legal in its processes. According to the official legal disclaimer, webcasts must not:
- Publish advance program guides or use other means to pre-announce when particular sound recordings will be streamed or the order in which they will be streamed (this is because we are a non-interactive webcasting service)
- Webcast specific sound recordings within one hour of the request by a listener or at a time designated by the listener
- Webcast audio content for which you do not have the legitimate legal rights for use (music you have ripped from CDs that you own or music you have downloaded from a legitimate online music store like Apple iTunes is considered legitimate, music downloaded using file-sharing programs like KaZaA are not legitimate)
Mercora pays a tiny amount of cash in royalties for each webcast. In order to finance this, Mercora charges users $3.99 each month (billed annually) to use the service. A free service is also available which restricts listening to 1 hour each day. Users can also opt to pay $4.99 monthly rather than $47.88 annually.
External links
- Official Website
- Peercasting P2P broadcasting
- PeerCast A free open source peercasting tool
- IceShare A P2P implementation of IceCast
- Freecast A java based peercasting tool