This dude is exactly right

And I hope he makes a lot of money for Yahoo!, too.  Take a look at this article.  Basically, he’s saying “no” to any more DRM nonsense from the stupid music unions, which can only mean good things for those of us who like music and the gadgets that play it.

He also has some thoughts about context.  A lot of people listen to music and don’t really think about what’s behind it, and that’s fine.  But there are a lot of us who want more; we might want to know why Bono thinks it’s stupid to play “One” at a wedding.  Guys may not know that Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were all former members of other decent bands: the Byrds, the Hollies, Buffalo Springfield.  And it’s even more important to have a local context; my wife and I played “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” at our wedding; if someone is listening to that track, and they’re a friend on Last.fm, they might be amused to see that context.

So there’s the content, and the context, and the next gen of music on the web will hopefully give us more of both.

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1 Response to “This dude is exactly right”


  1. 1 Rudeboy Oct 10th, 2007 at 11:00 am

    Wow… I couldn’t agree with that article more. I’ve been an MP3 adopter since about 2000 and for the last 7 years the music industry has done nothing to cater to my preferred listening method. If anything, it’s efforts have made me feel like a criminal. Hopefully they’ll see the light soon though.

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