Good to see that the British record industry has learnt from the PR disaster taking place over the other side of the Atlantic, and have decided that embracing the possibilities of new technology will be a better option long-term than propping up an aging business model with lawsuits. </sarcasm>
After all, home taping killed music, didn’t it?
Actually, I’m not altogether surprised by this particular development. A couple of months ago I had some interactions with a fairly senior individual in the online division of a major entertainment brand. Nice guy, very professional – but in an incredibly insular kind of way. It was the kind of environment where they thought they were cutting-edge because they used IM in the business – but the sites themselves looked like they’d been designed by a database administrator. There was just no imagination there, no insight into the way that the world is now – and this was a supposedly creative business. It’s not altogether surprising that the writs are now flying…
