“Don’t steal, the government hates competition”

The title of this post is probably the most witty bumper sticker I’ve ever seen. However, despite the government's support, the real thieves are record labels. A recent article shows that when buying a song from iTunes, the recording artist receives a mere 4% of the money paid to Apple, and that’s only if the artist did all the recording themselves. 35% goes to iTunes, which seems fair. 61% goes to the record label. This is ridiculous. What’s worse, this isn’t even a crime of just record labels. Orson Scott Card points out how many companies essentially demand you to sign over your brain in order to work for them. Any idea you have while employed is company property. A change is in order, before you vote for a business by giving them your money, take a minute to see how they treat their creative soul.