(RAIN) Microsofts Internet- und Providerabteilung MSN bietet auch Audiostreams an. Deren Musikplaylist kopiert MSN von real existierenden Lokalradios. Die ausführliche <a href=www.sfgate.com target=_blank>Originalgeschichte stammt vom San Francisco Chronicle.

Microsoft is using playlists from more than 900 local radio stations around the country to create its own soundalike Internet stations -- stripped of local DJ chatter, traffic, weather and commercials. "The new MSN Radio offers Internet stations playing most of the same songs heard on over-the-air outlets like Berkeley's KBLX, 'The Quiet Storm'; New York's WNEW, 'The Mix 102.9'; or Chicago's WLUP, 'The Loop.' "Radio industry experts said creating stations that sound like local radio outlets presents a possible trademark infringement problem, much like selling a generic soft drink that's 'just like Coca-Cola' with the same ingredients...