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Alternatives to the Entertainment Industry?

Posted by michael on from the minor-leagues dept.

Lendrick writes "With all the discussion lately about the increasing proliferation of Digital Rights Denial and the erosion of fair use rights, it occurs to me that if the entertainment manufactured by the big entertainment companies gets to a point where it's no longer worth the trouble, then maybe we should get our entertainment elsewhere. My question is this: Does anyone know of any places (apart from the obvious mp3.com) where music and especially movies by independent artists can be legitimately downloaded?"

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  1. Entertainment outside industry-defined territory by mlinksva · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This isn't exactly what you asked for, but rather than looking for free material not so different from what industry has told us is entertainment, try something different. For example, visit a gallery or go to a live play or concert. Better yet, create your favorite art form(s) on your own or with friends (someone on /. or similar has a signature along the lines of "create more, consume less!" which I hearily agree with). My favorite: daydream.

    Andy Oram at O'Reilly has some interesting thoughts along these lines: Stop the Copying, Start a Media Revolution.

    If you occasionally need a bit of industry-sanctioned entertainment but don't want to fund their legal teams, get it at your local library.