the lawyers of doom
so back in the summer I was pissing and moaning about the legion of doom’s release date being pushed back yet again to january ‘06. to refresh your memory, the legion of doom is this collective that recently put together an album of emo mashups and wanted to release it legally so the artists will get their fair share.
the thing with doing things like this is, as honorable as it may be, you’re setting yourself up for dealing with miles and miles of red tape to get all the rights cleared. and let me tell you, working with legal teams is possibly the most trying experiences you can ever go through. here’s why:
1. they take for-FUCKING-ever to accomplish anything.
2. they’re never 100% sure of anything they sign off on.
3. they’ll come back with revisions even after they’ve given approval.
what do I think they should do? release all the songs over peer-to-peer networks without making any official announcements of their intentions. things like this will spread word of mouth while they can claim innocence.
why won’t they do it? because if this happens they’ll lose all credibility with the actual artists and they’ll be nothing more than audio pirates to the artists they worked with. not to mention all the wasted effort and money spent on legalities.
what will most likely happen? seeing how they already have their foot in the door with their song on the Saw II soundtrack they’re under no pressure to get this album released.
from a fan’s pespective there’s no point in ancitipating this release. it’s better to forget this thing was ever mentioned and if it DOES ever see the light of day it’ll be a pleasant surprise.