Steal This Film II
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| Steal This Film II Logo | |
| Format | Video (Web) |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Origin | UK, Germany |
| Language | English, with some subtitled Swedish |
| Release Date | 28 December 2007 |
| Running Time | 45 min |
| Production | |
| Created by | The League of Noble Peers |
| Directed by | Jamie King |
| Produced by | The League of Noble Peers |
| Written by | NA |
| Screenplay by | NA |
| Distributed by | The League of Noble Peers |
| Narrated by | NA |
| Starring | Members of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån |
| Music by | NA |
| Cinematography by | Luca Lucarini |
| Edited by | Luca Lucarini |
| Production Company | The League of Noble Peers |
| Location(s) | UK, Germany |
| Original Channel | NA |
| Additional Information | |
| Based on | NA |
| Topics | Technology, Computers, Hacking, Piracy |
| Follows | Steal This Film |
| Precedes | Steal This Film - Trial Edition |
| Associated Video | Good Copy Bad Copy, RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard |
| Website | |
Steal This Film II (Part 2) (sometimes subtitled 'The Dissolving Fortress') was produced during 2007. It premiered (in a preliminary version) at a conference entitled "The Oil of the 21st Century - Perspectives on Intellectual Property" in Berlin, Germany, November 2007.
Synopsis
Thematically, Part 2 "examines the technological and enforcement end of the copyright wars, and on the way that using the internet makes you a copier, and how copying puts you in legal jeopardy." It discusses Mark Getty's assertion that 'intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century'. Part 2 draws parallels between the impact of the printing press and the internet in terms of making information accessible beyond a privileged group or "controllers". The argument is made that the decentralised nature of the internet makes the enforcement of conventional copyright impossible. Adding to this the internet turns consumers into producers, by way of user generated content, leading to the sharing, mashup and creation of content not motivated by financial gains. This has fundamental implications for market-based media companies. The documentary asks "How will society change" and states "This is the Future - And it has nothing to do with your bank balance".
Boing Boing's Cory Doctorow called it 'an amazing, funny, enraging and inspiring documentary series', and Part II "even better than part I."
Downloads
| Film | User | Format | Link | Notes |
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| Steal This Film II (2007) | NA | MOV, XviD, MP4 | Archive.org |
