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Music Piracy Documentary Released As Torrent

Posted by kdawson on from the eating-the-dogfood dept.

goodbye_kitty writes "The producers of a new documentary film analyzing global music piracy have decided to 'put their money where their mouth is' by releasing the film as a free Xvid download (hosted by the Pirate Bay, as one would expect). The film explores the blurred line between 'fair use' and piracy, and includes interviews with DJ Danger Mouse (creator of the now infamous 'grey album'), Lawrence Lessig (founder of Creative Commons), the lads from the Pirate Bay, and even some guy from the MPAA. Here is a link to the torrent."

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  1. Re:Put their money where their mouth is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Are you sure it wasn't simply the case that they're out of money and/or nobody will distribute the documentary for them?

    Or maybe they're just clever and realise they can get lots of free publicity on sites like /. by releasing the programme as a torrent. Don't think we'll ever know, but you're reading this article aren't you?

    Unfortunately am in Canada and Bittorrent has been banned by the Internet Police over here, so we're not allowed to download files.

  2. Oldddd by zeridon · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's way too old.
    It has been circulating around for about a year or so ...
    It appeared shortly after the movie Steal This Film

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  3. Re:I'm sure glad they have a trust fund... by Yonatanz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also, the producers' work will be viewed by thousands of people, and probably reviewed by tens of professionals and might reach production company managers, who may hire them for their next movie...

    If you are unknown, then this can be the perfect entrance to the industry. But you have to be good so that your free product is at least somewhat impressive.