Moore: pirate my film, no problem
Controversial film-maker Michael Moore has welcomed the appearance on the internet of pirated copies of his anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 and claimed he is happy for anybody to download it free of charge.
The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded.
“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that,” he said.
“I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I’m happy this is happening.”
Great. Now, Moore is pissing off the MPAA as well. He da man! =P
3 Comments:
At July 11, 2004 at 8:59 AM,
saizou said…
hahaha....yupz yupz! michael moore's da man!
At July 14, 2004 at 1:17 AM,
random said…
actually i read somewhere that the guy who made farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury i think... he kinda blasted Michael moore... called him names for plagiarising the name without his permission... So it would be kind of ironic if Michael Moore condemned people for stealing his work, when he ripped of the title himself
At July 16, 2004 at 2:27 AM,
f said…
Yes, I do believe there was some news in June about Bradbury demanding an apology from Moore for lifing from the novel "Fahrenheit 451" without permission.
Moore has since apologised, but obviously did not rename the film as requested.
Interestingly, "Fahrenheit 451" takes its title from the temperature at which books burn. Moore has called "Fahrenheit 9/11" the "temperature at which freedom burns." =P
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