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Four years after we posted our first homemade videos to YouTube and they spread across the globe faster than swine flu, making our bassist’s glasses recognizable to 70-year-olds in Wichita and 5-year-olds in Seoul and eventually turning a tidy little profit for EMI, we’re – unbelievably – stuck in the position of arguing with our own label about the merits of having our videos be easily shared.
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— Damian of OK Go on their record label’s stupid insistence on prohibiting embedded playback of their new video. (via marco and merlin)
Reblogged 1 month ago from marco (originally from merlin)
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    Great music, intelligent commentary, perfect for Sunday AM.
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    the fact that this is a ridiculous move by EMI, this video is fucking awesome.
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    Someone tell me why so many institutions in this business - including many in my corner
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    marco and merlin)
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    Merlin Mann posted this. All that stuff’s below. The video and the band are kind of meh music-wise. But the story’s...
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    record label’s stupid insistence...prohibiting embedded playback
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