Everything is free now
That’s what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away
Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we’re gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn’t pay
More about the song:
Written in the Napster-era, “Everything Is Free” is a reaction to the rising tide of streaming and the growing issues surrounding piracy. The narrator (if at-all distinct from Welch) struggles with the injustice of her work being given away with little to no pay.
From WQHS Radio. This song was on KPFA just now. It was written in 2001, but now it also seems relevant to all of our data being ingested without compensation for AI training…