Flyer in Your City
Help build our street presence. Download flyers and hit streets and concerts in your area.
Sticker CDs
The major labels and the RIAA knew they'd be revealed on the internet. They didn't know we'd take the fight into record stores. See the photos and get stickers.
Tell 20,000 People
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Flyer at Concerts
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Downhill Battle Store
Check out our t-shirts, stickers, and other goodness. Go to the store >>
TV On the Radio
"Before CD-Rs and file sharing, think of how many mix tapes you made that no one is ever going to see a dollar on."
Project Gallery
Grey Tuesday
When the copyright cartel attacked the Grey Album (a critically acclaimed unauthorized remix), we organized "Grey Tuesday." For 24 hours, over 170 sites made the album available in protest, defying legal threats. Also see our more recent, 3 Notes and Runnin' project.
- Grey Tuesday
- Banned Music
- FreeCulture.org
- P2P Defense Fund
- What a Crappy Present
- iTunes iSbogus
- More Projects
Downhill Battle Labs
Our software development group makes free, open-source software for online organizing and strategic filesharing. We're just getting started but we have a talented lead developer and focused projects that will have an impact. Programmers wanted.
Crucial Readings
FROM DOWNHILL BATTLE
Why is it so important to break the major label monopoly? These are the reasons.
The drop in major label record sales isn't the cause of homogenization in mainstream music, it's the solution.
For decades, the major labels manipulated musicians and fans. Now millions of people refuse to support a corrupt industry.
An attempt to smear p2p.
Announcing the protest.
Fighting music censorship.
A fast start for DHB.
FROM ELSEWHERE
Rock superproducer Steve Albini explains exploitative major label record contracts.
Kembrew Mcleod's NYTimes op-ed explains legalized filesharing with a flat-fee collective licensing system.
A simple, practical way to compensate musicians and record labels for music sharing. Everyone should read this.
99 cents per song won't last.
How copyright is stiffling culture.
Creativity builds on the past.
A movement to reform copyright.
Who's getting the job done
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
ACLU for the internet. Canada has CIPIC.
Public Knowledge
Tech policy public interest group.
Free Press
The number one force in media reform.
Click the Vote
Electoral activism for P2P.
Prometheus Radio Project
Tireless low power radio (LPFM) advocates.
Creative Commons
Using copyright to change copyright.
Freeculture.org
Student movement for free culture.
Illegal Art
Repository of artwork outlawed by copyright.
Copyfight
Absolute best copyright news / analysis.
Lawrence Lessig
Leading public intellectual for free culture.
Jessica Litman
Copyright intellectual and activist.
Freenet
Anonymous filesharing, free
speech.
CivicSpace
Dynamic websites for activists + NGOs.
Community Wireless Networks
A clear guide to
public WiFi.
RIAA Radar
Tells you what music not to pay for.
BitTorrent
Distributed web-based p2p.
Torrent sites
What to do with Bittorrent
Torrentocracy
Torrents+RSS+Myth= Democratized TV.
MusicBrainz
Tags your mp3s, builds public metadata.
Future of Music Coalition
Music policy coalition-builders.
Moses Avalon
Music industry gadfly and educator.
CD Baby
Innovative online CD / digital distribution.
Music for America
Politicizing young people through music.
The Pho List
A debate forum for digital music issues.
Brainwashed
Independent music reviews.
Dusted Magazine
More music reviews.
Bleep.com
Gold standard of label-run music stores.
GarageBand.com
Smarter than A&R, uses Creative Commons.
PureVolume
Like the late mp3.com, but better.
hXcmp3.com
Punk / hardcore band space and mp3 host.
p2pnet
Leading P2P news site.
Slyck.com
Another P2P news site.
Zeropaid
Filesharing news & software portal.
KCeasy
Great open-source Windows filesharing.
Acquisition
Flawless Mac p2p app. Also see Poisoned.
Mercora
p2p radio: free and fully authorized.
Soulseek
Best p2p for indy music (mac version).
RadioBlog
Flash music player and mp3 search spot.