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title: The Incredible Accelerating iTunes boycott
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[Go Fred](http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/01/boycotting_itun.html)! And here are some [reasons to use last.fm](http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/01/pandora_vs_last.html) rather than iTunes recommendations.



**Fair Play Means Fair Use Means No DRM**



Its not just iTunes should be boycotted, but DRM encumbered music in general. I certainly wouldn’t advise boycotting iTunes only to install a rootkit from a “music” company.



Sorry folks that means [no Coldplay](http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/05/coldplay_cd_drm_more.html)… thank heaven for small mercies.



Sadly we can’t listen to [“free” Elvis Costello](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/09/22/free_costello_cd_seeds_drm/) either. Naughty Elvis, so much for [what you said](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000444.html) a while back. [Phil Collins](http://soufron.typhon.net/article.php3?id_article=125) (more small mercies).



That’s Capitol Records and Warner Brothers.



Does anyone know of a registry or directory of unencumbered music or a blacklist of CDs not to buy? [BoingBoing](http://www.boingboing.net/) is a great source on this stuff, but doesn’t seem to run a directory. Cory?



Pledgebank, by the way, is carrying a freeculture [petition against DRM](http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottdrm).



Lets close out with a call from one of my all time favourite artists.When I started buying my own records I didn’t tape my dad’s Talking Heads albums- I bought my own. The music was worth it. 



David Byrne just posted a blog entitled [Happy New Year: Don’t Buy CDs from the Big 5](http://journal.davidbyrne.com/)

> So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out of business, they obviously don’t love music, and they don’t understand their own customers.

Just to prove there is some good music we need to boycott here is David’s list:



1. Neil Diamond — _12 Songs_ (supposed to be a good CD, too)
2. Trey Anastasio — _Shine_
3. Foo Fighters — _In Your Honor_
4. Dave Matthews — _Stand Up_
5. Alicia Keys — _Unplugged_ (standard)
6. Angie Stone — _Stone Love_
7. Babyface — _Grown and Sexy_
8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — _Howl_
9. Charlie Wilson — _Charlie last name Wilson_
10. Imogen Heap — _Speak For Yourself_(I almost bought this one)
11. J-Kwon — _Hood Hop_
12. Kasabian — _Kasabian_
13. Kings of Leon — _Aha Shake Heartbreak_
14. Maroon 5 — _Live Friday the 13th_
15. My Morning Jacket — _Z_
16. Pink — _Try This_
17. Santana — _All That I Am_
18. Sarah McLachlin (her too!?) — _Bloom Remix_
19. Velvet revolver — _Contraband_
20. Silvertide — _Show and Tell_



Doh! In Your Honor was probably my favourite album of 2005. And Imogen Heap? Say it isn’t so…See how DRM creeps up on you?