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'Fahrenheit 9/11' sparks file-sharing flare-up
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| 7/2/2004
| John Borland
Posted on 07/02/2004 10:27:15 AM PDT by ArcLight
The political firestorm surrounding filmmaker Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" has found its way into the file-sharing world.
The controversial film--like virtually every new release--has been circulating online for days. Early in the week, anti-Moore Web site MooreWatch.com posted a link to a pirated version of the film available elsewhere on a file-sharing network, noting that the director himself has publicly backed downloading the movie online.
The result has been a torrent of criticism from Moore supporters and his distribution company, Lions Gate Entertainment. The site was even the target of a denial-of-service attack a few days ago. But MooreWatch co-founder Jim Kenefick, a Web programmer in Hamden, Conn., is taking it in stride.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fahrenheil911; fartenhype911; fattenheit911; filesharing; michaelbinlarden; moore; whoore
Chortle
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:27:16 AM PDT
by
ArcLight
To: ArcLight
The story isn't there any more?
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:29:51 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
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To: ArcLight
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:33:35 AM PDT
by
ArcLight
To: Chad Fairbanks
"I don't agree with copyright laws, and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor," Moore said in that interview, comparing file sharing to a person sharing a purchased DVD with a friend. "I make these movies and books and TV shows because I want things to change, and so the more people who get to see them, the better." -- Michael Moore
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:33:37 AM PDT
by
Smogger
To: Smogger
Looks like Moore got hoisted by his own custard... err I mean petard...
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:39:37 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
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To: Smogger
I don't agree with copyright laws.....as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor.
So he apparently has not the slightest clue what copyright laws really are and why they exist.
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:40:46 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
(wanted: witty and insightful tag line)
To: ArcLight
I look forward to the day when I don't have to hear or read that fat bastard's name everyday. Next Friday can't come soon enough...
To: TalonDJ
Nobody's accused Moore of being the sharpest tool in the shed.
Although, if spreading propaganda is more important to him than making money, than his approach isn't hard to understand. He does come across as clueless, though, so it's hard to tell what his reasoning actually is.
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posted on
07/02/2004 10:44:27 AM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Iran almost has nuclear weapons. They will get them unless we stop them.)
To: Smogger
"...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor," Moore said in that interview after he made a profit off Ray Bradbury's labor.
To: nuffsenuff
I look forward to the day when I don't have to hear or read that fat bastard's name everyday. Next Friday can't come soon enough... Spiderman 2 is out today, so you won't have to wait until next Friday.
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posted on
07/02/2004 11:01:08 AM PDT
by
kezekiel
To: Smogger
"I don't agree with copyright laws, and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor," So about a week before the offical DVD is to be release, we should bootleg a copy, and distribute the movie for the cost of the media so no one has to pay Moore for it. Sounds good, then no one makes a profit.
To: nuffsenuff
I had a liberal "order" me to see the movie in an Ann Arbor group today. He then went on to inform me that I am a moron if i don't see the movie and vote accordingly.
I was thinking to myself "Hmmm define irony"
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posted on
07/02/2004 11:02:58 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Looks like Moore got hoisted by his own custard... err I mean petard.. He was hoisted by his own canard.
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posted on
07/02/2004 11:15:11 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(Moore-On: That throbbing anticipation felt by a liberal hoping for America's defeat.)
To: All
anyone have the link to download?
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posted on
07/02/2004 11:25:43 AM PDT
by
byteback
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posted on
07/02/2004 11:28:31 AM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: Defiant
Well yes, that is true, but I used petard because it's origin is a "loud obnoxious intestinal gas..." so I thought it fitting... ;0)
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posted on
07/02/2004 12:06:47 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
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To: byteback
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posted on
07/02/2004 12:07:33 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Chad Fairbanks
Well yes, that is true, but I used petard because it's origin is a "loud obnoxious intestinal gas..." so I thought it fitting... ;0) Not only fitting, it's catchy. Just imagine hoisting a retard on a petard.
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posted on
07/02/2004 12:09:59 PM PDT
by
MCH
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