Mark, this is awesome. Damn, I wish I'd seen in two days ago -- I just did a whole piece on the 7 all-time coolest pieces of guerrilla art and, granted, the comic subculture isn't exactly "guerrilla art" but I would've still liked to feature it.

Aw well, proof BoingBoing should always be the first thing I look at on my Google Reader hehe

It seems like the general irony of the file-sharing debate (that file-sharing actually allows artists to find audiences they normally wouldn't have) is even more amplified in Europe. I'm from Bulgaria and I know that a lot of the "hip" artists (read indie rather than major labels) aren't even available to legally purchase over there.

My friends torrent stuff and in the process discover new music to dig, so when the respective artist goes touring in Europe, they go see the show. And we all know bands make most of their money from touring, when all the licensing and revenue-sharing eats away at record sales.

Point is, good for the EU. Even if we were to ignore the whole concept of the arts as a tool to make audiences happy, file-sharing could actually make sense from an economic perspective.