Copyright is a hotly debated topic nowadays among artists. I’ve said my peace a bit on this blog, too. I found a great article that speaks to alot of things that concern me about continuing copyright and possibilities to try new methods of being paid for artistic work in place of copyright. If you get a chance, I’d recommend reading it. Here’s a quote…

You’ll notice that it’s the megastars who are fighting the hardest over this in music—Madonna, Metallica, and so on. They’re the ones who stand to lose the most. But the smaller, less well-known groups are embracing new business models for distributing their music. They’re like authors back before the printing press: “Copy my music and listen to it! Please!”

I love the “old fashioned” budgeting method where you put money in envelopes marked for different purposes at the beginning of each month and when each one was empty, then that was it! Well, it looks like someone has been working on a virtual version of just that. I’ve been using it and apart from a few bugs it’s been quite fruitful!

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