http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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
> >> >>
> >> >>>
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