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Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
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Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
#72It's not free. They force you to register. This is free advertisement at HN. Not HN.
You have to create an account, but you don't need to sign up for a subscription, so yes, it's free.
The exchange of one service for the other has a somewhat different legal status & definition at many parts of the world.
However, it's not "free" anywhere. Neither "free" as in "Free beer" or "Free" as in freedom.
Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
#73I basically spend my entire programming life on Israeli Kan classical radio station 24/7 of very versatile classical music: https://www.kan.org.il/radio/player.aspx?stationId=7
they used to run a lot of modern music, I'd wish they didn't do that.
Radio Swiss Classic plays older compositions; I dislike modern music as well and use their stream.
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#74Is there a website or channel or radio , which plays these classsics from various websites randomly ? like a FM radio.
I listen to a stream of a Los Angeles station called KUSC all the time. It’s a fantastic station (unless they’re doing a pledge drive, but don’t worry, they just did one) and it’s comforting that it’s the same hosts no matter where I travel. Asking to play it works across all major devices and platforms.
I used to listen to KUSC until I got annoyed with the commercials and interruptions, of which there are quite a few. Now I recommend Radio Swiss Classic (http://www.radioswissclassic.ch/), which is better in this respect; the music may be of slightly less variety and with less scommentary.
Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm, they should have made it without registration.
Yeah, and they should wash my dishes as well. I mean is it really free if I still have to do domestic chores afterwards?
If it's free art, why the registration? I see no point. I didn't bother making an account.
Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
#76It's not free. They force you to register. This is free advertisement at HN. Not HN.
Everyone's idea of free is different. Even if they didn't force you to register, someone would complain that it's not free unless they license it as Creative Commons CC0 and pay to host high speed direct download links for all the content in ultra-high bitrate open codecs.
That was the Free Music Archive which was started under the auspices of the storied freeform radio station WFMU. Costs for hosting and bandwidth eventually killed it, but it's been limping along under KitSplit, and now Tribe of Noise.
Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
#77ok
i like opera