J.D. Lasica, whose blog, New Media Musings, is one of my must-read blogs, has written a great piece entitled The Killing Fields: Copyright Law and its Challengers. It describes a documentary film, Willful Infringement, that I have got to see. Read J.D.'s article and you'll know you need to see it too. I'd prefer to hear about a local showing of the film, but if not, I may have to find some way to cough up the $50 they want for the DVD. (I won't go into the willful extortion aspect of this too much, but it does trouble me that people so keen on sharing culture only want to share with people who have fifty bucks! I thought the Record Industry had a monopoly on price-gouging...)
Posted by Brian at April 19, 2004 11:59 AM | TrackBackHi Brian,
Thanks for bringing further attention to our movie "Willful Infringement" and to the new MCLE program "Fair Use in the Digital Age" which we've created around it.
It's exciting to see progress in the discussion about Fair Use and cultural democracy, and rewarding to see awareness -- and use -- of our film popping up all over the place.
Wanted to give you early notice that we're just now scheduling a presentation for MCLE credit in San Francisco, probably at the end of August. Interested in attending?
Best regards,
Greg Hittelman
director, "Willful Infringement"
www.willfulinfringement.com
www.fiatlucre.com