I wrote my previous email in haste. Permit me this addendum. Last.fm clearly has some fascinating uses and provides value to its users/customers. I shouldn't have said "never" use it. Of course you should continue using it, if you are enjoying it.
Unfortunately the current situation demands you do so with the knowledge that you might be identified for a copyright restriction. My "never" was an example of the chilling effect that lawsuits have on innovation. Sorry about the double mail. Kevin On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not so much a boycott as a PSA. You should NEVER use a service > like Last.fm if you are playing tracks for which someone might sue > you. > > Last.fm is owned by CBS. > > I said "dry snitching" for this reason. I don't think Last.fm "handed > over" data for the purpose of ID'ing people with the leak but rather > that it seems their very business model relies on a data exchange that > could put a user in danger. > > Kevin > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Ryan Prior <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Matt Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've started a thread on the last.fm forum. >>> >>> http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518 >>> >>> I suggest we begin firing hundreds of false listens to other songs on >>> that album. >>> >>> Create a song by U2, tagged with the correct album name, but with the >>> song title of "Fuck Bono, Fuck U2 and Fuck the RIAA!" and get it >>> played hundreds of thousands of times. >> >> For your listening pleasure, >> >> http://www.archive.org/details/U2HasNoTalent >> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
