Comment I saw the movie (Score 1) 110
New york times review is what you would expect from somebody with cursory interest and even less understanding of the issues discussed.
The movie has it's drawbacks. Production is very low budget, and theater setup is worse (they show it from vhs). There's not much eye candy as the movie is mostly interviews with some public domain clips mixed in.
But there are positive sides that easily outweight the negatives. Lessig, RMS, bunnie and others present intersting, inteligent, well thought out discussion of the current copyright laws. Even if you're familiar with all the issues, the strong coherent arguments in the movie are a pleasure to watch.
Support the moviemakers, go see it (they've spent over a year full time making the movie). If you don't want to/can't - wait 30 days. The movie is made under creative commons license and will be distributed free over the internet after the movie theater showings end.
The movie has it's drawbacks. Production is very low budget, and theater setup is worse (they show it from vhs). There's not much eye candy as the movie is mostly interviews with some public domain clips mixed in.
But there are positive sides that easily outweight the negatives. Lessig, RMS, bunnie and others present intersting, inteligent, well thought out discussion of the current copyright laws. Even if you're familiar with all the issues, the strong coherent arguments in the movie are a pleasure to watch.
Support the moviemakers, go see it (they've spent over a year full time making the movie). If you don't want to/can't - wait 30 days. The movie is made under creative commons license and will be distributed free over the internet after the movie theater showings end.
