Torrent This Film
Recently I was thinking about the whole copyright/software patents/DRM/DMCA kerfuffle, and it struck me that it’s a very interesting story with a lot of neat characters, and it would make a great documentary along the lines of “This Film is Not Yet Rated”. I discussed it with friends, all of whom agreed that it could make a great film. There could be interviews with Jon Johansen (of DeCSS fame), Bruce Schneier, Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow, Steve Jobs, Page and Brin, maybe even an anonymous informant from within the RIAA or MPAA.
Today, I watched a video of Cory Doctorow giving a talk about these topics (his favorites) at Google. You can watch on YouTube if you’re interested. It’s an hour long including the Q&A session at the end, but Doctorow is a compelling speaker and it’s a great talk if you care about information freedom and the future of technology. The reason I bring it up, though, is that thirty minutes into his talk (at 30:45, actually), he offhandedly mentions that he’s “doing some consulting on a movie” that Kirby Dick, the creator of “This Film is Not Yet Rated,” is doing.
So I think that, given Doctorow’s involvement, maybe Dick is actually in the process of making that copyright/software patents/DRM documentary that I dreamed up. You heard it here first!
