Fans give bird to RIAA with indie digital bootleg from Second Life

virtualhotwings.com — In a landmark move, fans of indie musician Matthew Ebel will release an authorized digital bootleg, Virtual Hot Wings, on May 25, 2007, sidestepping the music industry and record labels with a distribution model never before tried - a fan-created album of Ebel's music for sale on his behalf. May 24, 2007 View in Crawl 4

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wtsteamer May 24, 2007

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Fantastic project and great idea. Digg+++

Closed Account May 24, 2007

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It's still piracy, and as a result, illegal. What's so innovative about that?

lorductape May 24, 2007

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f**k the riaa =]

uglyredhonda May 24, 2007

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I'm tired of this.What the f**k does this have to do with the RIAA? There are FAR more bands and musicians that are NOT part of the RIAA than are members. So, what, they're all "giving the finger" to the RIAA by releasing their music independently?Maybe (and I mean a very light "maybe") this is notable for someone releasing an album via Second Life. But claiming that it's somehow "giving the finger" to the RIAA is just PR bulls**t.

daphnea May 25, 2007

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Got my copy! Started listening on the way into work this morning, really done well. And so far I only heard my name once, but I know there will be more. :-)