“Steal, Steal and Steal Some More”

Trent Reznor To Fans: “Steal, Steal and Steal Some More

from http://blog.wired.com

Discuss YouTube Huh… OK!

Who is Trent Reznor… NIN Nine Inch Nails ring a bell.  Funny his music appears in some of the Creative Commons Promotional Informational videos.

His video for only is above, remixed by another artist. His attitude toward sharing seems to be a good one, he was commenting about his own work, and obviously has obtained creative commons licenses for his work. Actually his last album was completely free as a download from his site. It was awesome, I like his work, and the quality the same as what Ive previously paid to get on CD. His generosity baffles me a bit. But I appreciate it alot. Anyway presently the same people who are remixing his work and uploading to Youtube, dont seem to be tolerating the same in kind attitude. Which seems kinda weird, really. How can you remix, and not expect the same media use from others. Especially on youtube. I love music, and video, ya my partner hates music. Ya its kinda like hating cheesecake, I just dont understand it. So my Web 2.0 experience has mostly been in the pursuit of sound files, ya Im an artist so I still want visuals so youtube has been my perfect happyplace. Yes and video after video complaining about copyright violations, and videos just about copyright violation.

There is one person vlogging about a large media corporation, and his fear that if he views someones uploaded material, that there will be a list of users whos information that can be obtained and shared, if the uploader is in violation of copyrights. Wow if this tracing is true, just think of all the stuff you’ve viewed. Me, well I check those things out clear it with lawyers, and then press the play button. Of course I’m being sarcastic, I just am hoping that what Im viewing is clean in all aspects. Well sometimes music isnt pristine.

So much much politics, in music and art production I think. And yes theres the comments below. Debates, conversations, bad words, name calling. And the flip side enthusiasm, encouragement, sharing, art, music, culture.. Yep the internet brings people together.