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Paramount Pictures To Release Film On Bittorrent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bet-it-sucks dept.

TheyreNotTheir writes "In a little over two months time, the long-awaited horror movie The Tunnel will receive its world premiere. Rather than a traditional theatrical release, the movie – which is set in abandoned real-life tunnels under Sydney, Australia – will make its debut online for free with BitTorrent. Simultaneously it will be released on physical DVD, to be distributed by Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures."

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  1. Will it leak? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    The question now is whether the film will be leaked onto Bittorrent before the official Bittorrent release.

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    1. Re:Will it leak? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The more important question is - how will you know it's okay to download it? I mean, what differentiates one movie on bit torrent versus another? It sounds like this just muddies things. After all, if one movie is okay to download on bit torrent (and I don't know what would identify it as being authorized to download by the copyright holder when you're looking at a torrent index) and a movie that isn't?

  2. Re:MPAA will not care by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a trap!

  3. Putyour money were your mouth is! by elsJake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Donate and or buy it if you like it , they're testing new grounds and we need to prove we're not hypocrites.
    The slashdot crowd seems to follow the "try before you buy" mentality , so if you end up enjoying the movie , put your money were your mouth is.

    1. Re:Putyour money were your mouth is! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      BOARDROOM, INT. DAYTIME

      Henchman 1: I know! Let's release a piss poor movie on BitTorrent, asking for donations. When it fails we'll prove it's a failed model!
      MPAA Bossman: Brilliant! But... which movie shall we release?
      Henchman 1: ???
      Henchman 2: ???
      Henchman 3: ???
      MPAA Bossman: Ha ha, you should see the looks on your faces. *throws a dart at the board* They're all piss poor!
      All: Huzzah!

  4. Re:Profit? by mehrotra.akash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hasnt the Humble Indie Bundle already done this??

  5. Re:Profit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No. The Humble Indie Bundle on bittorrent was just regular piracy. Of course it was only pirated because of the invasiveness of its non-existant DRM and its outrageous price of a whole dollar.

  6. Paramount HE is probably only a licensee by airfoobar · · Score: 4, Informative

    The summary is incredibly misleading, I think. It's not a trick, it's not a trap. Ackbar lied to you.

    What's happening is, the creators of the movie (who have always planned on releasing their movie on torrent) now also have a 'hard copy' DVD release planned. The DVD release is being distributed by Paramount HE, but it still seems quite clear that the rights are held by the movie creators, not the distributors as is usually the case. This is similar with what Paley did with Sita Sings the Blues, and it's a Good Thing (TM).

    If you people can now stop speculating and go support this initiative, it would be great!!

  7. Re:MPAA will not care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hate to break it to you, but the people modifying their apps or phones to remove ads are the types that never - never as in, never in their entire lifetimes - willingly click on ads. Your post has as much truth to it as saying that Chinese or Russian piraters cause massive financial loss (while ignoring that they never bought any paid apps in the first place).

    Also... I'm not going to lax my general iptables rule so I can view ads on your goddamn app. If your app uses internet connectivity only for ads then it's already broken.