Comments on: Roger Linn Battles Amazon Over Material Needed for Innovative Instrument

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Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:57:45 +0000

[...] Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees ReceptionLast year I told you about electronic music pioneer Roger Linn’s Battle with Amazon over materials for a new instrument. It looks like he’s still hoping for a positive outcome [...]

By: Jeremy Brieske

Jeremy Brieske — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:32:39 +0000

David…you are right. I can certainly see where Amazon is coming from. They want to make the Kindle as cool as possible, so to keep other people from buying this material they take it off the market. It’s not really evil or anything. It’s business. It is just a shame that we can’t use it for music, something that brings so much joy to people.

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:15:57 +0000

Seems crazy to think they can’t share the technology. I guess that’s how the world works. What a shame as it looks like a cool new device.

By: Jeremy Brieske

Jeremy Brieske — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:10:10 +0000

I know. I hope he finds a way to manufacture it.

By: Josh Roman

Josh Roman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:08:24 +0000

that looks and sounds really cool…. nothing ive seen before!!