Wow. He should do it. I bet he would if he could (the arguments for are hard to argue with). Most likey he won\’t though, for contractual reasons (nobody\’s going to make a deal with him if he\’s just giving it away online).
Their first argument is wrong. The film will get distributed online _anyway_, but if that was a good argument for distributing _all films for free_ then there wouldn\’t be a film industry to make them.
It is a nice idea, but I doubt it\’s as simple as that for Mr Moore. People shouldn\’t be so fast casting judgment upon him, even if he doesn\’t. I know I wouldn\’t give away a film if I made one because film making is _very expensive_. Someone has to pay the bills, and you can be sure it won\’t be those downloading.
Unless, of course, Mr Moore took the happy middle route and distributed it online at low cost. Making enough to cover production and distribution costs, but cheap enough so that many more would see it than if he hadn\’t. If he did so, the news would spread like wildfire across the blogging landscape: free publicity.
Dont sign before you know the real purpose with it. Go to the start page and you will found out that the site is just conservative propaganda.
The signing make sense when you first look at it but you have to make sure that you know who the person behind the text are and what his/hers intension is.
11:11 pm on 20 May 2004 :::
Stu Says:Wow. He should do it. I bet he would if he could (the arguments for are hard to argue with). Most likey he won\’t though, for contractual reasons (nobody\’s going to make a deal with him if he\’s just giving it away online).
1:20 am on 21 May 2004 :::
Tommy Says:Wow. 181 signatures. Go get \’erm tigers!
Their first argument is wrong. The film will get distributed online _anyway_, but if that was a good argument for distributing _all films for free_ then there wouldn\’t be a film industry to make them.
It is a nice idea, but I doubt it\’s as simple as that for Mr Moore. People shouldn\’t be so fast casting judgment upon him, even if he doesn\’t. I know I wouldn\’t give away a film if I made one because film making is _very expensive_. Someone has to pay the bills, and you can be sure it won\’t be those downloading.
Unless, of course, Mr Moore took the happy middle route and distributed it online at low cost. Making enough to cover production and distribution costs, but cheap enough so that many more would see it than if he hadn\’t. If he did so, the news would spread like wildfire across the blogging landscape: free publicity.
3:39 pm on 21 May 2004 :::
Dawwe Says:Dont sign before you know the real purpose with it. Go to the start page and you will found out that the site is just conservative propaganda.
The signing make sense when you first look at it but you have to make sure that you know who the person behind the text are and what his/hers intension is.
5:47 pm on 21 May 2004 :::
Stu Says:Good point Dawwe.