http://theequitykicker.disqus.com/Nic Brisbourne’s view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and mediaenMon, 10 Mar 2008 13:30:37 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/03/10/free-ad-supported-music-coming-closer-to-reality/#comment-4455997<p>"I really hope it is the first of these."</p><p>You do? If that's the case then it'll make it easier for myspace to kill off the competition, they've already been blocking imeem for the last year so it's clear they don't want to share the space with anyone.</p><p>It's an interesting quandry though, there's a lot of anti-myspace feeling on the web and if they were to kill all the competition then I wouldn't be happy, but on the other I still think of the record labels as something of an evil cabal so I don't want to see them squeezing the life from the internet.</p><p>I think right now though I'd be happier with a level playing field.</p>MacAnnusMon, 10 Mar 2008 13:30:37 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/03/10/free-ad-supported-music-coming-closer-to-reality/#comment-4455996<p>Hope you're right about the free model we see, but instinct tells me to believe it when I see it.</p><p>By the way, thought the FT had instituted a 30 articles for free model, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/business/media/01cnd-ft.html?ref=business" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/business/media/01cnd-ft.html?ref=business">http://www.nytimes.com/2007...</a></p>Farhan LaljiMon, 10 Mar 2008 11:31:57 -0000