Youngsters' musical autonomy

The use by parents of music-streaming dis-services is cutting children off from playing music on their own.

This is an example of the injustice that results inevitably from locking up music (or any kind of recording) behind a web site or app that works only for someone who has an account, and which blocks and forbids distributing copies.

As tends to happen, the author does not carry the criticism down to the root of the problem. Perse suggests superficial workarounds that leave the system's injustice uncriticized.

The solution is to get DRM-free copies of music, and copy them into a player made with free software that a child can use.