Og når man som jeg er vokset op med RSH og andet godt nordtysk radiosnask, så virker især introen sært bekendt.

“Moin, moin Leute — hier ist Polizei-news”. Voice pÃ¥ tysk med alvorligt indhold i kæk indpakning.

Og så går der tør reportage i den: Tunede knallerter, stenkast mod en lastbil på Teufelsbrücke. Osv. Muligvis den sjoveste podcast jeg har hørt i år. Subscribed.

I won’t go into the argument (he’s right), just note three or four things:

Elastica is great. The Stranglers are great. And Madsen is great for reminding me.

And: YouTube is pretty damn great as well. These videos are probably copyrighted and what have we. But when the copyright holders can’t figure out a way to allow for commentary and remixing themselves, the public takes over. Stuff that you couldn’t get your hands on before now shows up, get picked up by blogs and portals for everybody’s viewing pleasure. I wouldn’t be surprised if a 10-minute clip from, say, Convoy caused a rise in DVD sales.

Guys, you’ve tried so hard to become a part of our lives, of our cultural history while taking our cash. Which is fair. Now, just let us treat your material the way we want to: As a part of our own history with the right to play, quote, refer etc. in whatever form technology allows us to.

(I know, nobody probably want to sue anyone for the two clips mentioned, but it’s the principle…)