EchoDitto

I've been a fan of Downhill Battle since Grey Tuesday last February. Co-founder Holmes Wilson gave EchoRadio a call on Friday to talk about DHB and the future of the music industry.

Links:

• A few DHB projects: Coal for the RIAA, WhatACrappyPresent.com, DHB Software Development Labs, Kids Smell Bullshit, iTunes iSbogus, The Regular, and Participatory Politics
• The EFF on Voluntary Collective Licensing
• Wal-Mart's scary recent publicity blitz
• Holmes' favorite radio: WERS, WHRB, and WZBC
• DHB's Public Service Announcements for college radio
• Gutterbreakz: on 808 State and on Grime
• The Blow
• EchoDitto's Fundraising Best Practices for nonprofits, which we think would work for musicians too
• Copyright activism hubs: Public Knowledge, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Creative Commons
• EchoRadio intro music: The Evolution Control Committee

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