Cracking Down on MP3s at the Office

jhaberman writes "News.com has a story about how corporations are now starting to crack down on networked MP3's, not necessarily for the reasons you might think." Talks about legal issues, as well as bandwidth issues, and the simple issue of employees wasting their employers time.

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[saintlupus]

Talks about legal issues, as well as bandwidth issues, and the simple issue of employees wasting their employers time.

Good. I can hardly wait for the "music wants to be free" and "find another job, man" commentary from the hordes of slashbots who've never had a job.

Sigh.

--saint

Re:IT workers are amazing

[SofaMan]

Oh boohoo - Bobby Wag-School spends his life digging ditches, and can't listen to MP3s on his iPod, therefore all other workers in other industries should feel his pain?

I can't think of the last road crew I saw that didn't have a radio blaring while they worked. If that music helps them get through the day, and god-forbid even helps them work better, then more power to them.

Why should office workers be consciously deprived of the right to listen to music (via whatever medium; the issue of space-shifting shouldn't matter) just because management drone (who can't write and chew gum at the same time) thinks that other workers can't listen to music and work at the same time?

Re:Bring your MP3's to work on CD-Rom...

[pedro]

No shit!
This sort of thing is just a small scale example of the corruption of values that brought Enron down, and will shortly end Worldcom.
'MEMEMEMEME!' bullshit. Let's slap those puppies down. They're no better than spammers.
d00dz!
You HAVE TO HAVE AND EMBRACE A SET OF VALUES THAT ACTUALLY WORK!
Otherwise this great place that we know as 'the Net' is gonna go away. The commons! We can't afford to lose that!
Police your buds. Be relentless.
I pray that made sense, as I have a buzz on...