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[ELI5] Why music streaming services like 8tracks and Pandora are not "allowed" to let you skip more than a X songs per hour?
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IAmTopher is not correct.

The reason is because of the license agreement they made with the record labels to allow them to stream music in the first place.  Under copyright law, these music services can either be classified as "interactive" or "non-interactive".  Interactive services allow you to select a song individually.  Spotify is one such example.  Pandora is non-interactive, which meant they had cheaper licensing they had to pay, but more restrictions on how their service could be used.

If you could rewind, select individual songs, or skip more than a certain number it would violate their license.

Source: American Copyright Association panel earlier today.