Streetlight Manifesto posted a new video recently for their song "Would You Be Impressed?" off of the album Somewhere in the Between. The video was animated by artist Jurjen Bosklopper and here's what the band had to say about the video on their YouTube page:

The creation of this video was funded entirely by the band, after our label refused to help us make a second video for our record. Our record label forced YouTube to remove our last music video from our account by claiming that using our own recorded music was a "copyright violation". If this video disappears from our account, we just want everyone to understand why. If you dig our band, or any band for that matter, make sure your support goes straight to the band and not to the companies that often times reap the benefits of the band's success without actually ever helping the band. Thanks.

Seeing this on their YouTube page really riled me a bit. People are so selfish and corrupt that they no longer respect creative rights to mediums of art produced. Yes, we should have laws to protect against this, but we shouldn't have to! What happened to human decency? At the roots, I guess that's why we also have laws to protect people against murder, theft, etc. Why do people have to be so rotten? Why does the world suck so much?

I really enjoy spending time with the good people who reside on this planet. It's just that we have to watch our backs all the time for fear of getting screwed over by people who like to leech our happiness. *sigh* And we wonder why people try to escape reality through distractions all the time...