Free Documentry: Good Copy Bad Copy

[phrostbyte]

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

It's a pretty good documentary which follows a group of music artists who struggle against conventional ideas and sometimes even the law in order to reinvent music.

Highly recommended.

[hansdown]

Thanks for the link phrostbyte.

Woah, it's pretty long.

Good stuff though.

[Frak]

It sucks that record companies keep fair use at bay. That's what's terrible about US law, you can sue for anything, anything. In the end, those with the most money win.

[satanFTW]

...and two years later, The Pirate Bay is still up. Long live The Pirate Bay! Also if you want to do some politickin', join your local Pirate Party.

[hansdown]

Welcome to the forum satanFTW.

Are you using ubuntu?

[satanFTW]

Well thanks for the warm welcome! Yes, I am using Ubuntu. I switched after I realised that KDE4 was going nowhere. And yes, I've lurked this forum for awhile, as is customary, before registering.

[Psumi]

Very nice. I watched like half of it.

[hansdown]

Well thanks for the warm welcome! Yes, I am using Ubuntu. I switched after I realised that KDE4 was going nowhere. And yes, I've lurked this forum for awhile, as is customary, before registering.

I respect that.

Lurked a bit myself, before someone caught me, and got her uncle (who owns a shotgun), to show me the way.

(just joking), maybe.:)

[phrostbyte]

If you guys like the documentary, I know you will like the book in my sig. Free Culture by Dr. Lawrence Lessig is worth reading. Dr. Lawrence Lessig was in the documentary if you didn't notice. :)

Free Culture is a book which discusses the harmful effects modern copyright law can have on society. It's truly a brilliant book, easy reading, unusually entertaining, and he provides plenty of real world examples. The book itself is available free of charge under a Creative Commons license, or alternatively you can buy on Amazon, in which proceeds benefit the Creative Commons.

Direct link to the PDF: http://www.free-culture.cc/freeculture.pdf
Amazon link with Creative Commons referrer: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594200068/lessigorg-20

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons NonCommerical-Attribution license. You are entitled to distribute, remix, or otherwise modify this work, provided you do it for non-commercial purposes only, and you attribute Dr. Lawrence Lessig.

[autonomy]

Thanks for sharing, that was pretty good.

[phrostbyte]

Thanks for sharing, that was pretty good.

I'm happy people enjoyed it. It renews my faith in humanity. :)

Don't forget to share it with your friends!

[Warpnow]

Free Culture link doesn't work for me. I'd be interested in reading it. I am an economics student and we often discuss copyright and patents as an economic concept.

[autonomy]

Don't forget to share it with your friends!No worries, I already did!

[MaxIBoy]

I'm very glad I saw that, and I'm definitely going to check out some of the music featured in it... YouTube for the win!


EDIT: Okay, maybe TPB for the win instead. The Grey Album is great, you guys should check it out.