According to Shoutcast’s lead developer the rumors aren’t true. Shoutcast isn’t included in the Winamp Acquisition talks between Microsoft and AOL…

i’ve a load of things to be doing than keeping my eye on these sorts of threads. and it’s never been said that SHOUTcast is part of things, the notice has _only_ been about Winamp and its related services.

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