June 27, 2005

Sonic Hypocracy

As in: Media

In Entertainment Weekly this week, there's an interesting ad from MicroSoft:

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The ad touts all the nifty things you can do with your music, including:
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I find it hilariously hypocritical that the company known for its draconian DRM strategies (Longhorn, anyone?) advocates, in the same breath, "mixing and Mashing." They left out the first step: "Get permission."

See also their web presence for this campaign.

Addendum: Now that the supreme court has ruled against innovation and in favor of big money, we should add "but don't let anyone else listen to your mix."

Posted by briley at June 27, 2005 8:46 AM