As with the Facebook TOS scramble, this feels like a case of users being surprised by the normal functioning of the services that they use.
I refer again to Fred's link: http://www.last.fm/music/U2/_/No+Line+on+the+Horizon/+listeners The data is already being collected. Does it seem now that a larger number of users are feeling the implications? Kevin On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Fred Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, it seems like a huge hit piece at this point. Apologies for not > linking to the TC article with more skepticism, as this is the first time > I've seen them get something so wrong. > > Regardless of what happened, it would be nice for the RIAA to deny doing > this too, though for some reason, I this is very unlikely to occur. > > Also, a sobering experience for those of us who enjoy last.fm for precisely > the reasons it could be used against us. > > F > > > > ~ ~ ~ > thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog > work / http://creativecommons.org > sights / http://flickr.com/fcb > sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis > status / http://twitter.com/mecredis > > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Follow up on Elizabeth's overheard: >> >> http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518/1#f8660996 >> >> Post from last.fm staff. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Just head from sources close to Last.fm that they say it's not true. >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
