re-phaelam-ed wrote:I'm still kinda blown away at those that think this is the band's doing. warp owns the rights to the material. boc will get their contractual cut as agreed on [im sure there is a contract regarding materials].
im willing to suggest warp came up with the idea, and contacted the band to get the okay. [maybe they don't have to]
regardless, no reason get all weird. you didt HAVE to buy the poster. warp IS a business. they DO have bills, staff to pay.
try not to lose sleep over the advent calendar...they didn't have to do anything to begin with. [warp that is]
now you can go back to pining over the next release. :/
I'd guess by now BOC's contracts with Warp ensure that they have a say (or at least an agreement) in anything that is released under their name, and that's if it hasn't always been that way. Of all the labels out there, Warp seems like one that would offer their artists pretty much full creative control over their output, which is one of the reasons why they've lasted this long as a label. Seeing how the vast majority of Warp artists never leave the label, I'd imagine they're taken care of financially as well.
I'd agree with the most likely scenario being that Warp/Bleep came up with the idea and the band gave the ok. TH was a very successful release, and I'd imagine BOC aren't hard up for cash at the moment. Neither is Tool for that matter (they're worth about 40 mil each and Danny Carey drives a Lamborghini), but as Rodheh pointed out they sell things from time to time in very limited release to their fans for a tidy sum. I personally don't see anything wrong with that, although I won't be buying a recycled shirt blanket anytime soon. But if it makes someone else happy, that's great.
Back to BOC, it's a very nice poster, and was sold directly to the fanbase through bleep, which is a lot cooler than buying a beat up older release poster for $100+ on Ebay from a stranger trying to make a buck. Do a search for "Boards of Canada poster" on there right now, and you'll find the TH record store posters on there for $50-$70, which don't seem to be in short supply and were given away for free originally. Looking at it from that perspective BOC/Warp/Bleep did us a favor with this release.
BTW, I'm selling my Advent Calendar poster for $350 if anyone's interested.. Kidding, kidding..
I love the TH imagery.
