Music and business

[Dave Birch] Here's an example. I just paid £17.38 for "Bernie Plays Rory" by Bernie Marsden. Why? Because I wanted it and couldn't find it on iTunes. There was no need to try and find a pirate version to see if I played it a few times because I already knew that I wanted it. Why? Because there's a track on there that I love and often play in the car. Why? Because I have it on a recording of the Paul Jones show on BBC Radio 2 that I downloaded. Why? Because I often listen to Paul Jones to find new music, but I listen to him when I'm cycling to work or in the car. If you subscribe to the BBC podcast of the show, it doesn't have the music in (hilariously). I assume this is something to do with Big Content. So instead I found a piece of shareware that lets you download from iPlayer instead of having to listen on the computer. For months I have been using this to download the Paul Jones show to my iPhone. But now it doesn't work any more, presumably because the BBC have changed iPlayer in some way.

Well, there we are. I won't be buying any more CDs from musicians like Bernie because I can't listen to the Paul Jones show any more. Who does this benefit, exactly?

In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen megabytes