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How does a Music Browser differ from an Internet Browser then? Because I can open up my Internet Browser, type "http://zedshaw.com/ and listen to music created by Zed. (ok, I do then have to click the "Music" link but that's the website owners choice).

EDIT: Ok, this is a followup to a previous blog post here http://zedshaw.com/blog/2009-12-21.html

What he describes there actual sounds kind of cool :)

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It's kind like the difference between URI and URN.

The 'Music Browser' meant to point directly to the true spirit of the original music, nothing else. The browsing process is the exploring of those artistic minds and jumping between derivatives.

iTunes and Last.FM are just pointing to instance of the music class

I would probably refer to it as a music protocol, rather than a music browser.

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