Pandora is a music service only available to users from the United States that is creating radio stations starting with an artist or song the user recommends and adding related artists and songs to that. It was free for everyone some time ago but due to rights issues it was restricted.
The usual method to access Pandora is to use a proxy that is located in the United States so that Pandora believes that you are from there to. A far better solution was posted in the comments of this blog yesterday.
Global Pandora offers the Pandora interface on a independent website that requires no registration. Just enter a song or artist and a radio station will be build and you can listen to it. All without using a proxy, hiding your real IP or registration.
It even offers way to create an account and share music with your friends. All the choices that you have at the original Pandora website as well. I did no try those though and would be cautious to use them. This service is great but it would mean that you would enter your login data, like email, username and password on their site and this is a security risk.
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[...] vengo a conoscenza su GHacks di Global Pandora. Global Pandora offre la stessa interfaccia di Pandora ma utilizza un sito [...]
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[...] che può essere utilizzata anche senza registrarsi. Come sottolinea anche Martin Brinkman su gHacks non ci sono informazioni sufficienti su GlobalPandora che attestino la sicurezza del sito: [...]
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[...] 不过globalPandora则来得更直接，它把代理接入等实现在了自己的服务器上，我们只需要访问便能够像直接使用Pandora一样来进行收听了。via [...]
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[...] Pandora buvo pirmoji radijo stotis internete, prisitaikanti prie klausančiojo stiliaus ir parenkanti atitinkamą muziką. Vėliau ji užblokavo klausytojus iš užsienio, o mes atradome Last.fm ir kitas. Dabar Global Pandora žada visą pasaulį prijungti prie stoties. Bet ar kas norės grįžti? (via) [...]
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[...] I am in Europe and it is working for me, so it should work for others outside US. [Via gHacks] [...]
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globalPandora.com – the box is open…
Помните такой сайт – Pandora.com и то, что им можно было пользоваться только жителям USA или пользователям с US проксёй? Так вот, globalPandora.com – это зам….
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[...] Ghacks.net שתפו ותהנו:צלמיות אלו מקשרות לאתרי סימניות משותפות [...]
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[...] Full articles here: globalPandora – Pandora for the rest of us – Download Squad and here: Access Pandora without a proxy The comments to these articles seem to make sure that this really works from all over the world [...]
Wow – I’m listening now.What a great way to discover music!
Do you know why Pandora was blocked for users outside the U.S? Seems silly to me.
Jerusalem Joe: The company has been unable to reach music licensing agreements in countries beside the US, although that’s not for lack of trying. Pandora just recently had to shut down service in the UK.
When I click the link, I get redirected to pandora.com. Can anyone confirm that this works outside of the US?
Brad you are probably redirected because you are from the US. Try a non-US proxy, oh the irony :P
Oh, and yes, I can confirm that.
Thank you! I’ve missed Pandora since they closed access to Canada.
The ironic thing about the licensing issues is that I discovered more artists via Pandora (and subsequently bought their albums) than any other way. So the closing of access resulted in me buying far fewer albums.
Great blog!
Works fine for me. Been listening to it all day, no time-out or anything. Thanks for the tip.
You write: “This service is great but it would mean that you would enter your login data, like email, username and password on their site and this is a security risk.”
I wonder – why is it a security risk?
Henrik because they are obviously only acting as a proxy for Pandora. This means that they have access to the data that you enter which is a risk. I’m not saying that they will use that data against you but the possibility exists.
That’s why I spoke of a security risk. Not a huge problem if you use a username, password at Pandora that’s totally unique though.
“All the choices that you have at the original Pandora website as well. I did no try those though and would be cautious to use them. This service is great but it would mean that you would enter your login data, like email, username and password on their site and this is a security risk.”
I am in the UK and originally registered using a disposable e-mail address via http://www.spamgourmet.com which was accepted although I found I didn`t need to log in using Global and all previously created “stations” were all still there. Yippeeeee!!
Within the space of an hour I seem to have lost it. Was OK. Now getting a box from Pandora that says: “We`re having unexpected technical difficulties. Our engineers are scrambling to fix things. Please try again later”. I`ve seen this previously. Has it been blocked?
All the proxy solutions seem to be displaying the message “We`re having unexpected technical difficulties. Our engineers are scrambling to fix things. Please try again later”
I can only assume that they have implemented a block for proxies … I do wonder if they now require you to install a small client program on your machine as I did see a rather strange message suggesting this just prior to the constant ‘unexpected technical difficulties’ message
Unfortunatly all voices across the web regrading this appear to have fallen silent. Any feedback from anyone in the know would be welcomed
w’nkers. a viable alternative to the £10 cd and the record companies cut it off. they are shooting themselves in the feet and driving web enabled music lovers to the p2p networks….
I used Pandora as a music discovery service. Found some great bands like Seether that way.
Now, if I want to find bands who are not signed up to big labels, such as the EMIs and BMGs of the world, I have no choice really but to torrent albums on mass, until I find something I like.
So basically this is a huge victory for Torrent sites. Hooray for piracy. Arrh!
lmao. seether might have 1 good song, but it doesn’t change crap into good.
anyway…. how safe is the Vidalia Bundle or something ?
My teacher talked about this in school last week.
Piracy is a consecquence of the greedy discographic companies. Blind fools, the more they seclude contents, the more pirates are ecouraged to distribute and find the way to screw them.
(sorry about my english)