http://blog.musmo.com/2007/09/05/lastfm-does-fingerprintingfor/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:43:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.musmo.com/2007/09/05/lastfm-does-fingerprintingfor/#comment-154 Wendell Hicken Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:54:43 +0000 http://blog.musmo.com/2007/09/05/lastfm-does-fingerprintingfor/#comment-154 Just one quick note - the total cost to Last.fm to license MusicDNS would be $250/year - that's the most expensive license, and includes unlimited access to the service. I'm pretty sure they could swing that after the CBS deal, and it's a given they will spend more than that on their own infrastructure. All the fee does is help offset the cost of the servers (if you have less than 5 million lookups per month, it's free, even for commercial use). Just one quick note - the total cost to Last.fm to license MusicDNS would be $250/year - that’s the most expensive license, and includes unlimited access to the service. I’m pretty sure they could swing that after the CBS deal, and it’s a given they will spend more than that on their own infrastructure. All the fee does is help offset the cost of the servers (if you have less than 5 million lookups per month, it’s free, even for commercial use).

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