Free our Music

Music should be free. It should be enjoyed with friends and family. It should be a social experience. Music should not be imprisoned in one device. We need to move the focus of music from shiny gadgets to where it belongs: the songs.

This can only be achieved with media that is device-agnostic, and more attractive to users than current options. People don't want pirated music, they want convenience, portability and ease of use.

Projections by Enders Analysis estimate Global music sales, will drop from as much as $45 billion in 1997 to almost half, $23 billion, in 2009. According to the RIAA, revenues from physical music media in the US in 2006 ($9B) were roughly 25% lower than 1996 ($12B). New markets such as legal downloads and mobile music sales combined did not even make up the difference. Why? Because the music industry insists on pushing media burdened with DRM, and that just doesn't work.

We need a solution. Music has value, it doesn't need to be free (as in beer) but it needs to be free (as in speech). Free our Music.