During the last few days a new Radiohead song was mysteriously released onto the Internet. The track is called “These Are My Twisted Words” and until today it was unclear where it had come from. Now, thanks to a post on the band’s blog, it seems the bo…

when is it my turn on the digg front page? ;-)

Anyway, good for them. I don’t really listen to Radiohead as they don’t appeal to my tastes in music, but they have proved, once again, that piracy does NOT hurt the artists and that BitTorrent is a great way to get your music out there.

Radiohead shares the music for free by their own choice and its not against the law to give your own shit away for free.

Regarding the labels owning the copyrights, why don’t pirate defense lawyers ever try to point out this fact. Why doesn’t anyone ask an ex-boy band member if they still get their cut when their songs are played? The boyband era should prove plenty of anti-label copyright myths.

Label(s) XL, TBD (2007–present)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead

That way the money they earn is there’s. They can get the satisfaction of being on the road, working, meeting fans and earning money that they’ve worked hard for. There are no fat red faced lawyers and executives to feed. They choose their own goals and direction and choose how much money they earn, and not a dime for record companies.

We’re all slaves in a sense. Most of us work hard for companies, bosses and owners that get to keep the lions share of profits and contribute to their wealth and retirement while most of us work and slave all of our lives only to retire with just enough to survive in ournold age.

Radiohead is smart for doing things this way, and the record companies don’t like their artists hearing about things like this. They rely on artists being ignorant sheep, blissfully following orders being told what to do while the executives keep the lions share due to the artists talent and work. This is how record labels earn their billions, and the brainwashed artists earn only a fraction of what they could be earning if they were on their own.

Radiohead, please keep doing what you’re doing so other artists will follow. It may also help label enslaved artists go on their own and will inspire unknown artists to not become slaves and go things on their own.

For one track I guess you don’t need it, but why not? Its a way of KINDA officially releasing it and its a no hassle service, speeds are amazing.

I like it because its a way that artists can directly release there stuff without it being mixed into the torrent swamp, you know that the stuff is fresh and clean.

Se titula "These Are My Twisted Words”. Hace unos días andaba circulando a través de internet pero nadie sabía de donde venía.Hoy han confirmado en su blog que la subieron ellos mismos….

hahaha, how dare an artist try to make money on their own work. Should I feel bad about making a profit every time I go to work?