Tomsradio.com in an interactive Internet radio station developed in Sweden in 1999 and launched in 2000.[1] A pioneer of streaming playlists, it was a forerunner of Spotify and Pandora Radio. The service was rated ‘Best in the World’ by IDG’s InternetWorld in January 2002. Tomsradio disrupted the Napster scene by providing a legal personalized stream of music for user consumption. Conceived by American ex-pat and Bandit Rock founder Thomas McAlevey in Stockholm, the company was wholly owned by a small group of private investors. The service was licensed by IFPI [2] and allowed access to over 10,000 popular songs. Before going offline in 2003 Tomsradio had more than 40,000 active users.[3]