Battleangel

Old news but nevertheless interesting. More and more artists are turning against the copyright regime. Here is a recent example of a modern record label, Alphabasic (via Rlslog) trying to go with the flow instead of fighting the current.

If you really like ‘The Flashbulb - Soundtrack To A Vacant Life’ […] show your support without it going to greedy retailers, distributors, and coked-up label reps […]

True, true. As everyone should know by now, the actual creative minds behind music in particular get only crumbs while the big labels rake in billions. Yet the chief argument among copyright protagonists remains the delusion of protecting creativity. Meanwhile, the RIAA and major music retailers join forces to cut artist royalties even further, from roughly 13% today to anything from 4 to 9%.

My personal favorite from last year: Eric Wilkinson, producer of a brilliant but unsung movie called The Man From Earth (via Rlslog) …

Our independent movie had next to no advertising budget and very little going for it until somebody ripped one of the DVD screeners and put the movie online for all to download. After that happened, people were watching it and started posting mostly all positive reviews…People like our movie and are talking about it, all thanks to piracy.

Go see it today. Said movie makes it painfully clear that one of the most creative flicks (and a sci-fi at that) of 2007 did not come from any of the big movie studio conglomerates.