The entertainment biz story of 2011 has to be comedian Louis C.K.’s self-released video special, whose success so clearly demonstrates the validity of a radically open and direct approach to the distribution of artistic content. The simple fact is that the major label-driven profiteering which has contorted and demeaned the culture industry for decades is increasingly being forced to make room for approaches like this, and Louis’ efforts prove nothing could be better for artists and audiences.
