Matthew Ebel Outwits the RIAA

All right, maybe "outwits" is a slanted term. But "Matthew Ebel Empowers His Fans With Groundbreaking Announcement" seemed too peppy.

Either way, here's the deal: Matthew Ebel (he of the smooth talking and bird fascination in last week's episode of STBD) has announced he's allowing his fans who've recorded his previous online concerts in Second Life to release a bootleg CD of those performances [called Virtual Hot Wings] with his blessing.

Or, in other words, a guy who's already known mostly for creating podsafe music has now taken the anti-label stance a step further by allowing his fans to openly share their recordings of his music with the world at large.

Onward and upward to a day without restrictive copyright law!

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