2 of the same software. The Jukebox was unable to stream music anymore following September 2008, although it remained available for download well into the following year. Limited skipping was available, at up to 5 skips per hour. Previously, banning a song skipped the song automatically, but this was removed in October 2003 with a redesign of their LAUNCHcast player. If the skips were not used in the previous hour, they did not roll over. Free accounts were limited to playing up to 1000 songs/mo (up to 12,000/yr) without any special restrictions. A song could be skipped to bypass an undesired track, but skipped songs counted against the monthly allowance. If a free account user exceeded the monthly limit, the user would no longer be able to listen to LAUNCHcast radio for the remainder of the month, although they could listen to their personal station with no skips and at a lower bandwidth. Like skips, songs did not roll over to the next month. Free users had access to only specific stations labeled "free". Such stations had a yellow headphones icon whereas premium stations had a blue plus icon. Pausing was only possible after 30 seconds into the song, although a song could be skipped before the 30 seconds by pressing "stop" and then starting the station again. LAUNCHcast Plus On January 29, 2003, Yahoo has introduced a premium version of the LAUNCHcast service called LAUNCHcast Plus. Some users subscribed to this service on a monthly ($3.99/mo [$47.88/yr]) or annual basis ($35.88/yr [$2.99/mo]), or it came as bundled software from some ISPs (included in price) such as Verizon Yahoo online services. In addition to the features offered by the free account, LAUNCHcast Plus users received the following additional benefits: "High" quality sound (CD-quality) No commercials or banner ads Access to all LAUNCHcast pre-programmed stations Unlimited skipping Unlimited monthly listening Access to all artists, songs, and albums (subject to licensing restrictions by country) The ability to designate other user's stations as "influencers" of one's own personal radio station The ability to create "moods" (genre-based subsets of a user's personal radio station) Pausing whenever you want LAUNCHcast Plus was only offered in the US and Canada through Yahoo. On November 2, 2008, Verizon Yahoo announced via e-mail that certain services would be discontinued including LAUNCHcast Plus. In an e-mail delivered in January 2009, Yahoo states "the LAUNCHcast Plus premium service will be