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New Film 'Zenith' Now Available For Free BitTorrent Download

Posted by timothy on from the for-people-with-better-connections-than-mine dept.

airfoobar writes "This seems like a good week for libre culture. The first part of an surprisingly well-made cyberpunk thriller called Zenith has just been released as a torrent download through Vodo, and the third episode of Pioneer One is being released on the 28th."

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  1. Preview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V26bJN3KkY4

    1. Re:Preview by gedankenhoren · · Score: 5, Informative

      Nice equipment and editing, quite poor dialogue/acting, though:

      [pained, confused]: "Why did you take me here?"

      [rapidly and without emotion, as a fast-paced intonation]: "I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry"

      [teenage angst]: "Can you at least look at me like you really mean it?"

      [customer support]: "I'm sorry."

  2. Re:6856 seeds 2993 peers by Anthony+Mouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Downloads: 146939
    Donations so far: $246

    If you're expecting the number of dollars per person to be the same as it is for traditional distribution models, you're doing it wrong. It's econ 101 that when you set the price at zero, you get maximal demand, i.e. many downloads. This is especially true here because you get not only all the pirates who download without paying and claim it's because they wouldn't have paid anyway, but also all of the non-pirates who actually wouldn't have paid but decide that a legit free download is worth the look. All that really matters is how the total profit stacks up against what it would be under a traditional distribution model.

    Also: It was just released, no? Certainly it was just posted to Slashdot. Consider that some people may have downloaded it but haven't gotten around to watching and/or donating yet. We'll see how the numbers look in a day or two when that shakes out.