SwitchSony!

Acts of Volition, the blog, now syndicates its entries, which makes it easier for me to read more of its intelligent articles. Here is an interesting piece:

In the forums on the Sony Music website, Tim Foreman of the band Switchfoot talks about the copy protection on their CD:

Hello friends,

my heart is heavy with this whole copy-protection thing. Many PC users have posted problems that they have had importing the new songs (regular disc only, not the dual disc) into programs such as Itunes. Let me first say that as a musician AND as a music fan, I agree with the frustration that has been expressed. We were horrified when we first heard about the new copy-protection policy that is being implemented by most major labels, including Sony (ours), and immediately looked into all of our options for removing this from our new album. Unfortunately, this is the new policy for all new major releases from these record companies. It is heartbreaking to see our blood, sweat, and tears over the past 2 years blurred by the confusion and frustration surrounding this new technology. It is also unfortunate when bands such as ourselves, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, etc… (just a few of the new releases with copy protection) are the target of this criticism, when there is no possible way to avoid this new industry policy.

Of course, no need to mention that the whole thread has now disappeared from Sony’s forums, as well as Google’s cached version.