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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:15:12 -0400, Radio Guy <Radio@Guy.com> wrote:

>>Why is Launchcast giving me a message that a localized canadian
>>version is "now available" ???  And I have no choice - I must accept
>>it.
>>
>>Here's what it's saying:
>>
>>--------------------
>>Why am I being blocked from accessing LAUNCHcast? 
>>You received this message because our LAUNCHcast players have detected
>>that there is a localized version of LAUNCHcast in your country.
>>Please locate your localized version of LAUNCHcast to continue
>>listening. If you are not from the country that our IP filtering
>>detected please email customer care at:
>>launchcast-feedback@yahoo-inc.com.  
>>--------------------
>>
>>I've never seen this before.
>>
>>Why are they forcing a localized version on me?  Does this mean
>>Can-Con rules on Launchcast stations?  On my personal station?
>>
>>I'd be pissed if I paid to subscribe to this service...
>>
>>http://marketnews.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=727
>>
>>Time to use a US proxy I guess...
Here is something I posted previously for someone else regarding getting
LaunchCast Plus to work.

Should still apply.

OK, I did some research, and here is what I found...

I was able to get the Canadian Yahoo Messenger to get me to LAUNCHcast
Plus, but I had to do a registry hack to get there.  (this may also work
with the US version of Messenger, I'm not sure)

Here is the hack, if you are comfortable modifying registry keys.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\View\YMSGR_Launchcast

Set the value of "content url" to
http://radio.ca.launch.yahoo.com/radio/play/playmessenger.asp

Set the value of "Display Name" to "LAUNCHcast Plus Radio".

Brad