On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. Perhaps there is a need for a decentralized way to broadcast what you're listening to in such a way that only people who have access to your site can read it. A micro-format, wordpress/drupal/whatever else plugin, and a few media player plugins would be about all it takes. If I were savvy with all those things, I'd write them up tonight as reference implementations, but I'm not; can anybody else help me form a ninja strike force to tackle this task? > > > 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 >
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