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  1. Re:Even the criminals have rights by easyTree · · Score: 1 · on Nesson & Camara Increase Attack Against RIAA

    Please review the documentary Good Copy Bad Copy http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

    That was pretty interesting.

    Along the same lines is Steal This Film:
      * http://www.stealthisfilm.com/Part2/download.php

    Both Parts I and II available at the linked location.

  2. Re:Even the criminals have rights by pilgrim23 · · Score: 1 · on Nesson & Camara Increase Attack Against RIAA

    Please review the documentary Good Copy Bad Copy http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/ then return for the scheduled discussion 3rd period.

  3. Re:Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy by refitman · · Score: 1 · on Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy

    There was an interesting documentary released earlier this year called Good Copy Bad Copy about music and video file sharing. There is a section in the movie dealing with the Technobrega scene in Brasil showing the process of a producer hearing a new song, what goes into re-mixing it, to the final performance at a party.

    The film also features, amongst others; founders of The Pirate Bay, Lawrence Lessig, Danger Mouse and Dan Glickman.

  4. Re:Welcome to 2006 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative · on Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy

    Actually I learned about this from the documentary Good Copy Bad Copy http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/ which I think I read about on /.

  5. Re:Trust your students by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on How To Address A Visit from MPAA Senior VP Rich Taylor?

    Also, you could show them this great and freely distributed documentary (which features CEO and President Dan Glickman of the MPAA amongst others) which tries to give a nuanced overview, in advance.
    http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

  6. Re:This is going to sound counter-intuitive... by kebes · · Score: 1 · on Why Make a Sequel of the Napster Wars?
    You raise many good questions. I don't have all the answers... but I'll provide a couple ideas:

    How do you raise the money to publicize the donation scheme?
    One possibility is investors. The investors put money and expect a return. So the final "release price" is set to include the cost of advertising and investor returns. (Which, of course, is already the case for movies.)

    As well, it's almost impossible to get people to separate with their money without showing them a script, which would kinda ruin a lot of movies.
    For music it's easy to imagine releasing a few tracks and saying "like this stuff? Donate so we can finish the album!" For movies they would probably use advertising, trailers, etc. All the usual stuff. Would people end up unwittingly funding crap movies? Of course. (We do nowadays, too...) Chains of trust would develop. In fact if a particular movie reviewer consistently promoted movies (after watching a special private screening) that turned out to be awful, people would turn to better reviewers. (And if not... well then that's their money to waste...)

    And commissioned art is a really dirty business;
    We already have commissioned art. It's commissioned, distributed, and controlled by the powers-that-be in the entrenched media cartel. They already decide what is "decent," what gets promoted, what gets made. To have a bunch of different wealthy people all commissioning their own art is fine. They can do that today anyways. The difference is that without conventional copyright to use as a crutch, businesses would (I hope) reach out to the people for commissioned works, also.

    Like I said, I don't have all the answers. But I don't need to. Capitalism has done a great job at finding optimal solutions in a wide variety of markets: solutions that I could not have imagined... that indeed no single planner could have imagined. The only reason that entrepreneurs and innovators have not been able to apply their skills to the sector of art-creation is that copyright law (a government-granted monopoly) has a tendency to create aggregated cartels that control everything.

    I don't know for sure that a copyright-free world would "work"... but I think it's an option that is dismissed outright far too easily. I think it bears further analysis. (As a final tidbit, in the documentary Good Copy, Bad Copy they show various countries that have thriving markets for creative works, despite the people have no regard for copyright law.)
  7. Re:Put their money where their mouth is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Music Piracy Documentary Released As Torrent

    We *are* out of money but have started to receive some more or less timid offers (distribution and sales). We thought this might very well be the easiest and most efficient way to get it out there, a way to prove a point and our best chance to get some money back. Danish TV chipped in an amount that covered travels. We all have other work on the side (2 journos, 1 filmmaker) and will not starve. But the last 6 months have been particularly tough since we all had to devote *all* our spare time on this. We hope that it'll get picked up by broadcasters and festivals because donations are just not going to cut it alone. But look at is this way: had we gone through the trad. channels you probably wouldnt watch it. Or read this. On another more personal note. I have downloaded quite a few documentaries and profited from a lot of "free" internet culture, and wanted to contribute back. After this I think I will be more inclined to support artists/filmakers/the guy who does the website etc etc when I can, especially if they get a reasonable cut. If you donateafter watching the film we, the directors, get 100%. No excuses :P

  8. Re:I'm sure glad they have a trust fund... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Music Piracy Documentary Released As Torrent

    apparently, although they are asking for donations, they dont believe in covering its cost by that method either (from http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/ ): We sold the film to the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) who have been the first, and until now the only TV station, to air it. This money covered about one fourth of the total costs, so obviously we need to sell it to other TV broadcasters world wide to make ends meet. If you want to help us with this, please suggest your local broadcaster to get in touch with us. given the fringe nature of this kind of a project, id say selling it to even a single TV station is not a bad achievement.. Also note, thats Danish public broadcaster, imo another demonstration of the value of broadcasting free from commercial interests; the idea of such a documentary being aired on top TV station (afaik public broadcasters are very strong in nordic countries) of a country is incredibly suprising to me...

  9. Re:Pay time by phillip_alexander · · Score: 2, Informative · on Music Piracy Documentary Released As Torrent

    It's at least partially funded by Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. It was produced and aired here more than three months ago, so part of the salaries are paid by the Danish television license fee payers (not including myself).

    They ask for donations though.