I watched this movie the other day, Steal This Film is based on and around The Pirate Bay, arguably the nets biggest Torrent site. Part one largely deals with The Pirate Bay itself and is maybe a little naive and biased in its approach, bt part Two, however is really worth watching....anyone who is involved in downloading free shit from the web should take the time out to watch it. Aside from drawing interesting comparisons between web-sharing culture and the invention of the printing press it also concerns itself with the future of music as an entity and how the 'hyper-information' age will inevitably affect culture and humanity as a whole! Whoooooaaaa! Totally trippy dude!
But seriously, its really good...watch it
L.
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I hate that kind of attitude towards the "entertainment industry" that only tries to get our money.
I wanna watch big ass action movies that cost 200 millions, because it's not the same as watching a dog poop on youtube.
I love the fact that everbody can get attention for the stuff they do and share it with peers, but let's face it there would be no Elvis or the Beatles if it wasn't for people who wanted to get money out of it - and by that I mean also the artists!
If you don't have the perspective of making money out of it, you end up being the waitress who sings at her aunt's wedding, or the programmer who occasionally makes films funny stuff for his buddies ...
did u download the film illegally?
gnarfgnarfgnar...
hmmm yes and no....I agree with you on the attitude thing, most of the 'peers' have this wierd David and Goliath complex where they feel empowered by affecting such huge multi-nationals....on the other hand I think it is very interesting to see what will happen when music becomes less about a product and more about a craft. It is human nature to create and to share so I dont believe the good music will dry up just because it becomes harder to make money from it.
lets wait and see...
L.
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