ifatree's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=ifatree2004-06-11T23:23:47ZMercora (thing)http://everything2.com/user/ifatree/writeups/Mercoraifatreehttp://everything2.com/user/ifatree2004-06-11T23:23:47Z2004-06-11T23:23:47Z<p><blockquote>"<a href="/title/Mercora">Mercora</a> is a person-to-person network that enables
you to find, communicate and share interests with friends and family. Mercora
has built a framework for sharing digital content using <a href="/title/peer-to-peer">peer-to-peer</a>
technologies to directly connect you with your friends on the network. You do
all these things through the simple interface of the Mercora applications. <cite>(mercora.com)</cite>"
</blockquote></p>
<p>Mercora is currently the newest music sharing service to hit the street: a <a href="/title/peer-to-peer">p2p</a>
streaming radio application with many bundled messaging and <a href="/title/yet+another+social+network">social networking</a> features. The big draw is that the service has a
"non-interactive" <a href="/title/webcast">web broadcasting</a> license from the <a href="/title/Federal+Communications+Commission">US FCC</a>, allowing you to legally <a href="/title/streaming">stream</a>
files from your media library to any number of other users! </p>
<p>The <a href="/title/music+isn%2527t+free">catch</a> is the rather miniscule requirement that you
can't stream anything<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…