Comments on: The Last.fm Straw http://sevensons.org/2009/02/20/the-lastfm-straw/ a pack of temperamental bastards Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:22:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charlie Croker http://sevensons.org/2009/02/20/the-lastfm-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Charlie Croker Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:57:10 +0000 http://sevensons.org/?p=148#comment-35 I'm really happy to hear this. Not the part about techcrunch being full of shit. That's actually sad and goes a long way to point out the issues with a democratic medium like the Internet: That any asshat with a connection can become a media source. And yes, I'm completely aware of the irony in that statement. It's really sad that a blog as well established as TechCrunch is willing to charge headlong into the shallow end of the mediocrity pool. Scrobble on. I’m really happy to hear this. Not the part about techcrunch being full of shit. That’s actually sad and goes a long way to point out the issues with a democratic medium like the Internet:

That any asshat with a connection can become a media source.

And yes, I’m completely aware of the irony in that statement.

It’s really sad that a blog as well established as TechCrunch is willing to charge headlong into the shallow end of the mediocrity pool.

Scrobble on.

]]> By: Katie Gunion http://sevensons.org/2009/02/20/the-lastfm-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Katie Gunion Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:29:44 +0000 http://sevensons.org/?p=148#comment-34 FYI (http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit) FYI (http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit)

]]> By: Alex Pounds http://sevensons.org/2009/02/20/the-lastfm-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Alex Pounds Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:44:50 +0000 http://sevensons.org/?p=148#comment-32 Hello! TechCrunch have gotten mixed up and posted an unsubstantiated rumour. It's entirely untrue, as Last.fm have stated here: http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518/1#f8660996 "We've never had any request for such data by anyone, and if we did we wouldn't consent to it. Of course we work with the major labels and provide them with broad statistics, as we would with any other label, but we'd never personally identify our users to a third party - that goes against everything we stand for. As far as I'm concerned Techcrunch have made this whole story up." Hello!

TechCrunch have gotten mixed up and posted an unsubstantiated rumour. It’s entirely untrue, as Last.fm have stated here: http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/506518/1#f8660996

“We’ve never had any request for such data by anyone, and if we did we wouldn’t consent to it.

Of course we work with the major labels and provide them with broad statistics, as we would with any other label, but we’d never personally identify our users to a third party – that goes against everything we stand for.

As far as I’m concerned Techcrunch have made this whole story up.”

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