Well, 401 of us don't... But just because we voted it up doesn't mean we sided with last.fm. Sometimes, I vote things up because I think they are of interest. That reply was clearly of great interest - as is this article.
I voted it up and did side with last.fm (at the time), because I never dreamt they could issue a denial like that and actually be lying, in spirit if not in letter. God am I naive sometimes.
Yes, good point.
I thought upvoting should be that way: one upvotes submissions one deems interesting to the HN community as a whole - not to pick sites on an argument. Did I miss something?
Am I misreading something or is that exactly what swombat just said?