Recently, Popcuts heard some wise words from Pandora founder Tim Westergren.  It was really cool to hear some motivational words from tim, because a few years ago, Pandora kick-started a music revival in my life.

Tim managed to talk about some classic issues in the online music space, without resorting to the same old arguments.

Tim talked about finding a “win-win model” for the music business, and the need to “end the adversarial relationship between music rights-owners and listeners.” It’s been something Popcuts has noticed from day one: why aren’t artists and fans on the same team?

Tim went on to slam DRM for a new reason: people just “don’t get it.”  The user experience of DRM is just strange and counterintuitive.  Instead of inventing confusing technologies to fix complicated and shifting problems, he set a simpler goal for the music tech geek: “make simple and easy ways to be a fan.”