Legal, Free Listens?

Are you a believer in internet radio? I am a halfway fan. Sites like Pandora and are great if you are in the mood to explore and have time to stop what you are doing and skip through the occasional horrendous melody. Even then, you don't get to play exactly what you want to hear. You put in your favorites and wish for the best, right? Then, of course, there is iTunes, which lets you listen to your perfect playlist - for a price. If I had saved all the money I've spent on iTunes I might not be eating so many Totino's Party Pizzas.

Enter "Just Hear It"- Still in beta form, Just Hear It was created by two USC students. The site allows users to search for songs, listen to full tracks and create multiple playlists. Genius, no? The perfect combination of free music and user controlled experience.

"Members" (by invite only for now) can create a media library and listen to it from anywhere. Sign up via email address to get updates and learn when the site is fully up and running. You might even get picked to be a super secret beta member.

According to the creators, Just Hear It is legal because "it pays for licenses from all major performing rights organizations which then pay the publishers and writers in proportion to the number of plays they get."

What do you think? A perfect combo or too utopian to be true? Check it out here.