[url=]www.spotify.com[/url]
"Spotify is a music service that gives users access to a huge library of music, through a lightweight application that looks like a mashup of the best parts of iTunes and Last.fm. Music is streamed, partly supported by P2P technology, but it plays instantly, like we’ve never seen before."
Interesting idea. The beta isn't available everywhere at the moment, but looks promising.

Good job formatting that link there, Gamerkought ;-p

[url=]http://www.spotify.com/en/[/url]
There. That one better work xD. My mistake on the first one.

A similar service was promised, though I can't remember what it was called. Needless to say, it flopped pretty hard.
So I'll look at this with scepticism.

I think you mean qTrax...

...and just like with Pandora, I cannot use it since I'm in Canada.

Not available here in Aus either, unless I want to spend 10 Euros a month. Unless the beta-invite gets around this...
I don't really want to have to download a specific player just to listen to the service though. I have enough specific apps as it is.
I realise they are doing it to tie it into the rest of their services, but for me, such a requirement is a turn-off.

Not in the United States? Wow.

By the way, I would propose a feature request for the forum: automatically prepend http:// to the links if they have no protocol. This would prevent misshaped links as above.
More on-topic. I also think that using dedicated players to listen to music is a technological step backwards. Essentially, this is a form of DRM, right?

Has anyone tried accessing it through a proxy server? I'm too lazy to try at the moment.

"This product is not available in your country yet."
What a surprise... :/

[url=]http://www.we7.com[/url] is a similar thing, but runs through your browser and requires no signup or invitations.

It won't work, period. The majors should just surrender to the idea of file sharing as is.
A way more better way to "alternative" music downloading:
EFF: A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing

Though I think the EFFs idea is a decent idea...
I'd still wonder exactly how much and even IF artists I was listening to were compensated. While I don't 'pirate' (quotes for those who like different better definitions :) ), I certainly don't listen to popular stuff.
Also, that such a fee would become a mandatory tax, like we have seen in some places with CDs and portable media players.
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I do believe that one single solution is not the solution, and that if a company really wants to cover it in music, they need to hit various areas all at once.
Adding in proprietary and mandatory software, is not the way to go, but would work as an option if used to let people have extra features (Such as Buy this CD from XYZ).