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November 29, 2005
Barlow blames the drummers
Apparently Dead lyricist and EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow send a message to Boing Boing decrying the Live Music Archive policy change for Grateful Dead soundboards and pinning the decision on "the drummers":
You have no idea how sad I am about this. I fought it hammer and tong, but the drummers had inoperable bricks in their head about it.
What's worse is that they now want to remove all Dead music from the Web. They might as easily put a teaspoon of food coloring in a swimming pool and then tell the pool owner to get it back to them.
It's like finding out that your brother is a child molester. And then, worse, having everyone then assume that you're a child molester too. I've been called a hypocrite in three languages already.
How magnificently counter-productive of them. It's as if the goose who laid the golden egg had decided to commit suicide so that he could get more golden eggs.
This is just the beginning of the backlash, I promise you.
This is worse than the RIAA suing their customers.
I wonder if Cory will apologize for taking his anonymous correspond's assumption that it was Jerry's widow's decision at face value.
Posted by xian at November 29, 2005 12:53 PM
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