Comments on: Michael Moore doesn’t mind that his film Slacker Uprising is being downloaded illegally

By: Slacker Uprising

Slacker Uprising — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:49:42 +0000

[...] o sa caut Slacker Uprising, cica se gaseste pe The Pirate Bay si Moore chiar accepta sa-i fie “furat” filmul care este despre votul tinerilor [...]

By: Austyn

Austyn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:25:10 +0000

It’s illegal because it’s being distributed/published by a source the creator/copyright holder didn’t authorize. Mr Moore (or any other artist/copyright holder) can put copies in newspapers, cereal boxes, send it free over the net, mail it to people at random and give it away to the homeless if they like.

BUT…. the instant somebody sells a copy in a format and distribution the copyright holder didn’t authorize (be it bit torrent, Wal-Mart, or what have you), it’s illegal.

(There are various exceptions, of course, such is rights transfer, ie secondary resale and fair use exceptions.)

By: diem

diem — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:50:24 +0000

Did I miss how a free movie can be considered illegal to download? I might be hung over but…….

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:05:40 +0000

Maybe we could just leap frog Hollywood, and go straight to financiers in the Middle East, i.e. AMD. They have more money than they know what to do with. I bet this movie is a better investment than another man made island or another indoor ski mountain.

By: Nicholas Deleon

Nicholas Deleon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:54:23 +0000

Do either of you know anyone in Hollywood who would fund us? We could totally make that movie.

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:50:36 +0000

Definitely. It can be all about how making movies doesn’t cost any money, and new directors, producers, writers, etc, have the money to make whatever they want, and we all live in a happy land of happiness. Pay for movies? Why do that? They don’t cost anything to make, so why would anybody have to pay for a copy, when somebody can just lend them a copy? What an antiquated notion!

By: Jameson

Jameson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:25 +0000

Then again, the difference between books and movies is that you lend a friend a book, not give them a duplicate copy. If you wanted to give your friend a copy of the book, you’d have to buy it for them, unless you wanted to spend the money to copy each page.

The comparison kind of falls apart.

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:07:10 +0000

“Mr. Moore told TorrentFreak that he thinks copyright laws are wildly outdated—if he can buy a book, read it, then hand it over to a friend, why can’t he do the same with a downloadable movie?”

Maybe that should be his next movie…

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:51:35 +0000

“We were attacked by a fat socialist weasel!”

By: Michael Burke

Michael Burke — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:10:56 +0000

Looks like he has been slacking on a workout plan.