This online file streaming and advertising business method allows for the
creation of an internet community based around a virtual "web radio"
wherein any song, movie, TV show, fashion video or sound clip, etc. can
be made individually available for free. Any and all media companies may
provide exclusive media content for the virtual "web radio" and its
associated web site. When a file is streamed to an individual's computer,
the file cannot be saved to the computer or copied by the individual in
any way. The files are available for free to the individual on the
virtual "web radio" because they are pre-paid for by advertisers who pay
to have their advertisement put at the beginning of the file being
streamed. Similar to television and radio, this business method
improvement comprises offering content to the public for free as a
platform for advertising. Yet this business method is unlike radio or TV
however, because the individual is literally forced to view or hear the
advertisement: they have the ability to pause the transfer, but cannot
fast-forward or skip past the advertisement. This method of appending
advertisements to the beginning of digital streams constitutes an
improvement on existing business methods for combining advertising with
such content as television programs, web pages, films, or radio. This
business method is an improvement on the effectiveness of advertising.