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Steal this film 2 - part 4

These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the mainstream media, the 'battles' between old and new modes of distribution, between the pirate and the institution of copyright, seem to many of us already lost and won. We know who the victors are. Why then say any more?

Because waves of repression continue to come: lawsuits are still levied against innocent people; arrests are still made on flimsy pretexts, in order to terrify and confuse; harsh laws are still enacted against filesharing, taking their place in the gradual erosion of our privacy and the bolstering of the surveillance state. All of this is intended to destroy or delay inexorable changes in what it means to create and exchange our creations. If STEAL THIS FILM II proves at all useful in bringing new people into the leagues of those now prepared to think 'after intellectual property', think creatively about the future of distribution, production and creativity, we have achieved our main goal.
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Comment by robert wechsler on February 17, 2009 at 10:58am: Yes, i also watched this film and had a similar reaction -- like, well, yeh. (It plays in some cinemas in germany.) And is meaning of the word "stealing" really up for grabs. This confuses many people , not only the young Swedes interviewed in the film. I remember i used to work at Balduccis in new york city selling cheese -- until one day i lifted a pastry at the end of the day. These things can be very confusing to people. Is the question "who _says_ it is stealing -- how high does their authority go? (in my case, the pastry seller winked, though not the manager) or "who am i hurting?". because you look for ethics, some golden rule, and find them wanting.

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