Today we’re announcing an upcoming change to the way Last.fm Radio works in some parts of the world. In the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, nothing will change.

In all other countries, listening to Last.fm Radio will soon require a subscription of €3.00 per month. There will be a 30 track free trial, and we hope this will convince people to subscribe and keep listening to the radio. Everything else on Last.fm (scrobbling, recommendations, charts, biographies, events, videos etc.) will remain free in all countries, like it is now.

Since we streamed our first track from Last.fm back in 2002, we have focused on playing the right songs to the right people, compensating artists for playing their music, and being the best music site on the web. We appreciate the support we get from the 30 million people who use Last.fm every month—double the number of people since this time last year. We work with over 280,000 labels and artists, many of whom we pay directly, and have built up the largest catalogue of any web radio platform: over 7 million tracks are available on Last.fm Radio stations.

In order to keep providing the best radio service on the web, we need to ask our listeners from countries other than USA, UK and Germany to subscribe for €3.00 per month. In return you’ll get unlimited access to Last.fm Radio, and a promise that we’ll be hard at work improving the service for years to come.

Ew. Screw That.

Stupid idea

So, basically, the two of you that posted above me have no reason to complain.

But I feel bad for everyone who doesn't live in the US, UK and Germany, though.

da hellll?!!!1

they're out of their mind

lmao I was gonna say the same thing!

I live in Canada and I only started listening to last.fm radio like yesterday so I'm not too attached. It's pretty cool though and if I can't see myself without it..it's only $3 a month so $36 a year. Pocket change

Why the richest countries don't pay?

I read somewhere that they won't have to pay because last.fm receives the most ad revenue from them.

But last.fm is full of Brazilians and Mexicans

The recession is making its way to Last.fm

then this doesnt matter to me

I don't listen to last.fm radio anyway.

**** this ****

lame

nothing will change... for me

word.

That's ******** what dare them, I just made my count 4 days ago and they come with that **** omg, they gotta be kiddin me

oh no you din't!