Looks like I missed this press release somewhere. My friend Mark twittered today that “free” online music service Pandora now charges if you listen for more than 40 hours per month. Looks as if this new policy is also being noticed by Twitter users as I’ve spotted dozens of surprised messages announcing that Pandora is sending notification once you approach the 40 hour mark. Your options to keep listening are to pay .99 which gets you to the end of the current month, subscribe to Pandora’s pay service for $36 per year or do nothing and wait for your free 40 hours to start again the next month. I guess option D is to create multiple accounts but that wouldn’t be right – would it? Update: Although the Pandora web site does not explicitly state it – this cap may only apply to web listeners as opposed to those on portable devices like the iPhone or BlackBerry.

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