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Warner Chappell Apology For PearLyrics

Posted by Zonk on from the now-we-can-eat-fruit-again dept.

RacerZero writes "The recent Slashdot story Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood sparked a good deal of discussion about the overreaction of music industry heavyweights. This week Wired is running an apology from Warner Chappel music for their poor judgement. From the article: 'Facing an upswell of protest, Warner Chappell Music on Friday formally apologized to Walter Ritter over a letter it sent to the software programmer earlier this month targeting a helper application for Apple's iTunes called pearLyrics.'"

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  1. does what ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    apology ? from who ? i..i...head explodes.....

  2. New course for MBAs by ThatGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a new idea for an MBA course. It will be called "Don't prosecute your customers when they try to advertise your product". I'm not sure if we'll be able to fit it into a single semester though.

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  3. That leaves Sony, then by slavemowgli · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good to hear that at least one company seems to have even the tiniest bit of common sense and decency left (even though they probably just did it because of the negative reaction they were getting, too, not because of a guilty conscience).

    Now I'm just waiting for an apology from Sony, too - although I have the feeling that it'll be issued at about the same time that Duke Nuken Forever comes out.

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    1. Re:That leaves Sony, then by Winckle · · Score: 2, Funny

      They could release a double blue-ray disc for the phantom console:
      disc1 - Duke Nukem Forever
      disc2 - Apology for the root-kit disc 1 just installed

  4. hendrix by jollyroger1210 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean Hendrix stops kissing guys?

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  5. Music Industry Apologizes? by TheNoxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    And Bill Gates got Person of the Year from Time? Great, now the apocalypse really is on its way. Dammit.

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  6. Re: I'm sorry. no really... by Chaffar · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ritter says he hopes that talks with Warner will result in its return to the web.

    Dream on sucker... We just said that we're sorry, it's not like we MEAN it or anything.

    - Warner Chappell

  7. Re:Don't count them out yet ... by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Funny

    While the music industry shouldnt gouge its customers for every last cent possible, why is there a sense of entitlement on the part of some slashdotters to everything that isnt bolted to the floor?

    It wants to be free, man! It WANTS to!

    Now, excuse me for a second, this new Z06 wants to be free as well...