Category Archives: Art

LegalTorrents.com – Free Culture

LegalTorrents is a collection of Creative Commons-licensed, legally downloadable, freely distributable creator-approved files, from electronic/indie music to movies and books, which have been made available via BitTorrent.

The legaltorrents.com site is also hosting a ‘guaranteed’ high speed seed for them. Everyone that grabs the BitTorrent client and downloads helps contribute more bandwidth, because BitTorrent utilizes your unused upload bandwidth. All of the current torrents are made available under a Creative Commons license with the full permission of the rights holder.

They also have an RSS feed.

Operation Photo Rescue

Operation Photo Rescue is a group of people who are helping those who had their photos damaged in natural disasters recover their pictures. They are looking for people with Photoshop and image restoration skills. A very easy way to make someone’s day better and help keep history recorded visually.

OPR has a blog:
“In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, photojournalist Becky Sell and photo editor Dave Ellis have embarked on a mission to recover the photos and memories that would be lost to the storm.”

Look at Art Not Ads

Austin writes

“Hi. I’ve started a pledge on PledgeBank.com that aims to raise enough money to replace one intrusive advert with a though-provoking message or work of art. Rather than gawk at the same old advertising every morning, we hope at least some commuters will enjoy a little mental stimulation other than their morning coffee.”

That’s right Austin wants you to pledge money that you want something to that makes you think, opposed to obnoxious advertising. For more information on this groovy idea check out Art Not Ads

CRIA Study Says: Downloading Not So Bad

The CBC reports that a study put up by the Canadian Recording Industry Association may be showing that music downloading is not harmful to the recording industry. The study shows that the largest music downloading demographic is also the largest music buying demographic, among other interesting results.

The interpretations are being debated over by recording industry heavyweights. I think the real good news here is that the question is being earnestly considered.