Long term I don't see giving away music as a true business model. People believe that online advertising will make up for the loss of traditional paper advertising but the numbers just don't add up. Same will apply to giving away free music. Its a promotional tool. Not a business.
mathewi I don't think anyone is really arguing that giving away music can be your entire business model, Ejovi. But it can be a very powerful promotional tool -- just like playing songs on the radio, which also amounts to giving your music away.
With FON you can limit how much bandwidth you share. On this point we make sharing easier.
With FON you can identify every user that connects and uses your network. If there is an issue with how your network is being used we can track it back to a individual user. So on this point, we make sharing safer.
And just to be clear, it is not agaisnt the law to share your internet connection. Some ISP's prohibit it, but many allow it. And since the announcement many more have approached us.
your entire business model, Ejovi. But it can be a very powerful
promotional tool -- just like playing songs on the radio, which also
amounts to giving your music away.