Trav's Thoughts

As you can see if you try to play back my FoF play list from yesterday, there have been some changes over at Playlist.com.  The site has decided to enforce logging in to create play lists.  And evidently they've decided to disable the embedding feature so the play lists will no longer play on the blogs.  You have to go to Playlist.com to play the Sets.  I didn't notice that part until today.

Ppppppppffffffffffttttttttttttt

Don't get me wrong.  I don't like to cheat anyone out of royalties that are due, and I don't like to violate copyrights.  I respect the decision by Playlist.com, if they did it to protect copyrighted material.

(I suspect a significant reason they did it is to get more traffic to the site.)

Still, the digital age is here to stay.  So music and images and the written word are out there in the internet to be found and used by millions of people who aren't paying a cent in royalties and are likely violating copyrights with no ill intent.  We just want to share the things that touch our emotions.

That's kind of what blogging and other social media is all about, yes?  When we encounter restrictions to the ease with which we do that, we find another way.

Five on Friday will continue.  I won't be using Playlist.com anymore, since the purpose of FoF is to share the music and I won't force listeners to jump through a lot of hoops to listen.  I'll be presenting my Sets in videos from YouTube, unless or until another option presents.  And I will continue to credit the artists of the songs I choose.  It's not the same as paying royalties, but at least I'm not misrepresenting the material I choose to convey my emotions.

I hope you'll join me.

Later gang!