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
> >>
> >>>
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