The service, powered by Radio Central, offers five genres of copyright-protected songs. You can't record our tunes. The service, rather, is interactive in that listeners are given access to information about a particular compact disc or song they hear and EarthLink promotions.
Listeners also have the option to buy the CDs that carry songs they hear.
We create programming and listeners just listen to the music. Soon after the lawsuit was filed, parent Launch Media yanked some elements of Launchcast, its streaming music service. Both sides said they are negotiating a settlement to the dispute, and declined further comment. Last week the group filed twin lawsuits against Aimster, a file-sharing service based on America Online's instant messaging. Aimster sued the RIAA one month ago in hopes of keeping itself immune from copyright infringement claims.