Barenaked Ladies guy on Universal's DRM SpiralFrog service
Barenaked Ladies frontman Steve Page has some pithy words to say about SpiralFrog, the demented "free" music service from Universal:...[H]ave you heard about SpiralFrog yet? It's Universal Music's attempt to deal with the new world of music, and it seems downright bizarre to me. Basically, they're saying you can have all this music for free, but you can only keep it on your computer and one other device. That kind of maniacal need for control is what will be the death of major labels. If they continue to stop people from listening to music in the way they want it, people will continue to make other choices. I think that labels need to stop the restrictive and manipulative use of DRM, and, frankly, we should legalize P2P, and have it properly licensed from the ISP level (sure, the ISPs will complain, but, let them complain).Link (via Michael Geist)
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