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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mando Diao |
| Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:07:57 -0400 |
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At 09:37 AM 7/10/2003 -0400, Roberta Moore wrote:
>hi stewart - i am sorry that you had trouble listening to the mando
>diao cd. unfortunately, my hands are tied as this is the policy that
>is implemented by our parent company, EMI.
I realize that it's not your fault, Roberta -- in fact, I specifically
mention you in the review and how pleasant it's always been to work with you.
>is listening to the cd in your computer your only way of listening to
>music? do you not have a stereo?
Yes, of course I have a stereo. I think there's a total of eight CD
players in my house -- ten if you count the DVD players. But that's not
the point, is it? There are perfectly reasonable and legal situations in
which one might want to listen to a CD on their home computer, such as
wanting to be able to hit rewind to catch a particularly choice line or
riff while you're writing a review of it without having to leap up and walk
across the office to do so every ten seconds. This software wants to
monitor me like I'm Gary Glitter at a Little League game, even though I'M
NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL. That is a presupposition of guilt, and it's a
violation of my rights as a consumer *and* of my relationship with a label
that has over the last couple of decades meant rather a lot to me.
Trust me, I sympathize with EMI's desire to fight piracy. Even as
poorly-run and ideologically lost as I feel the majority of major labels
are, I don't want to see them destroyed. But I'm sorry, I firmly believe
that installing data miners on people's hard drives is morally and
ethically wrong, not to mention legally questionable, and I believe it's
time to take a stand on the subject. I'm just sorry that it had to happen
with a company that up until now I've had nothing but warm feelings for.
S
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