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November 19, 2004
Wilco Unwittingly Formulates "Listener-Response Theory"
In a Wired News interview, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco goes all Reader-Response Theory on us to argue in favor of sharing music freely in digital form:
When someone downloads a piece of music, it's just data until the listener puts that music back together with their own ears, their mind, their subjective experience. How they perceive your work changes your work.
Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.
Rosenblatt would be proud.
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