| There is a new company called i/denti/tee that | | | | doesn’t it? All copyright issues become resolved |
| opened for business in December 2008. They have | | | | through hard work to make sure all of our printed |
| partnered with EDUN Live, a project to create jobs in | | | | lyrics have been legally cleared by the publisher and |
| Africa, created by Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, | | | | that the shirts are sourced locally from Africa. |
| Hard Rock Café and iTunes who offer10 free | | | | Users can pick from a pre-cleared set of lyrics (U2, |
| downloads with each purchase! | | | | Jay-Z, Coldplay, to name a few) or they can enter |
| | | | | the music debate themselves by submitting their |
| Through their custom widget, they are also running a | | | | favorite lyric, garnering support for it, and getting it |
| debate on site about what the best “I” lyric | | | | cleared to print and wear. |
| of all time, which you can imagine has gotten pretty | | | | |
| heated. And their engineering some pretty cool data | | | | These efforts have created a new, responsible and |
| visualizations around the results from the debate. The | | | | ethical line of t-shirts that allow music lovers to |
| widget was built it to get people talking about all | | | | express their passion for music by wearing their |
| kinds of music together. | | | | favorite lyrics on their chest. Inspired by a love for |
| | | | | music and the lyrics of their favorite songs, i/denti |
| At this time, there are 9 i/denti/tee t-shirts in | | | | tee gives other people the opportunity to express |
| production, however they are working on adding lots | | | | themselves. |
| more. People can go to their website and add their | | | | i/denti/tee has an opportunity to grow into |
| favorite song lyrics that begin with “i” | | | | something big. It’s not only a fun project but |
| | | | | also provides opportunity, which helps to heal our |
| After that, you can vote on which “i” lyrics | | | | world. Imagine the t-shirt you would like to design. |
| make it to the next batch of i/denti/tee t-shirts that | | | | What song lyric means the most to you? What is |
| will go into production. My personal favorite already | | | | the meaning and how does it relate to your life? I |
| for sale looks like this - | | | | have hundreds of song “I” lyrics posted on |
| istillhaventfoundwhatimlookingfor - kinda makes you | | | | my blog and feel free to add yours too. |
| look at lyrics differently in a cool kinda way, | | | | |