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MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
"Slacker Uprising" is the new film by Michael Moore and is available for a FREE download at http://slackeruprising.com starting September 23rd 2008. Sign up now! Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5a42XyrOA Friends, . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Friends, This is it. The time has arrived! At midnight tonight, you can be one of the first people ever to legally download, for FREE, a brand new, feature-length film. It's my new movie, "Slacker Uprising," and I'm giving it to you as a gift of thanks for coming to my films over the 20 years I've been a filmmaker. It's also one of my contributions to help get out the vote November 4th. That's why I'm giving you my blanket permission to not only download it, but also to email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyone (in the U.S. and Canada only). I want you to use "Slacker Uprising" in any way you see fit to help with the election or to do the work that you do in your community. You can show my film in your local theater, your high school classroom, your college auditorium, your church, union hall or community center. You can have your friends and neighbors over to the house for a viewing. You can broadcast it on TV, on cable access, on regular channels or on the web. It's completely free -- I don't want to see a dime from this. And if you want, you can charge admission or ask for a donation if it's to raise money for a candidate, a voter drive, or for any non-profit or educational purpose. In other words -- it's yours! "Slacker Uprising" chronicles the 62-city tour I did leading up to the 2004 election. It is electrifying to see the tens of thousands of young people who were ready then for the uprising -- and who, this year, are actually making it happen. This is my concert film tribute to the young voters who are going to save this country from four more years of Republican rule. There are a number of ways, beginning at midnight tonight, that you can download or stream "Slacker Uprising" thanks to our distributor, Brave New Films: 1) Blip.tv will provide standard resolution streaming, free of commercials and advertising. 2) Amazon Video on Demand will provide a high quality version of the above stream. 3) iTunes will make it easy for you to download "Slacker Uprising" on your iTunes, iPod, or Apple TV, and view it there or transmit it to your television. This way, the film can be portable as well as for home viewing. 4) Hypernia is providing bandwidth, servers and management to host "Slacker Uprising" online, so you can download the film and view it at any time or burn it onto a DVD. I am fortunate to have all these great people bringing you my movie for free. There will be no ads and they have all agreed to supply their services free of charge. All of them wanted to be part of this historic moment when the first major feature-length movie is being released for free on the internet. (For those of you who don't download, there will be a low-cost DVD available.) This past Thursday we held the world premiere of "Slacker Uprising" in Ann Arbor (you can read about it here). The response was incredible and I want to encourage you to screen this movie with large groups. I believe it will inspire our get-out-the-vote efforts at a time when we need to get millions registered in the next two weeks. Thanks again for all your support over the years. I hope you'll like my new film. It's all yours, anytime after midnight tonight. Enjoy! Yours, Michael Moore MMFlint@aol.com SlackerUprising.com MichaelMoore.com P.S. I'll be doing a live chat, tonight at 11:00 PM ET, on Daily Kos, in the hour countdown leading up to the internet release of my film. Hope to see you online! *** See previous post for links. Too early for me to think too much. ;) . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
"Slacker Uprising" is the new film by Michael Moore and is available for a FREE download Who crashed the download servers... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
peanut Send message Joined: 1 Feb 07 Posts: 372 Credit: 1,951,576 RAC: 0 |
I'm downloading 650meg now. Thank you Mr. Moore, I look forward to another great film from you. I just hope I don't get all kinds of spam email from signing up to download the film. |
peanut Send message Joined: 1 Feb 07 Posts: 372 Credit: 1,951,576 RAC: 0 |
Download Successfull :) The evil right wing must be sleeping... |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
A record 21 million young voters cast their ballots on November 2nd... I tip my hat to Michael Moore... ;) ("Come on! There's no crying in politics, pick yourself up." 'cause your parents sure ain't doing you any favors.) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
peanut Send message Joined: 1 Feb 07 Posts: 372 Credit: 1,951,576 RAC: 0 |
I'm not surprised he gave this movie out for free. I would have been disappointed if I had to pay $8 to see it. Not much substance to the film. I'd like to see him make a film about the current financial crisis. Or maybe it would have to be a week long mini series. |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
"Slacker Uprising" is the new film by Michael Moore and is available for a FREE download at http://slackeruprising.com starting September 23rd 2008. The free download is only available to those residing in the United States and Canada. Hmmmmmm..... "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
The oh, so generous Michael Moore is at it again: Slacker Uprising BitTorrent Takedown Sent to DNS Provider After Michael Moore encouraged everyone to download his latest movie ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free and do what they like with it, lawyers working for him have sent a takedown requestto a DNS company, for a torrent of the movie to be removed from BTJunkie. The problem? Well, several as it so happens. When Michael Moore released his latest movie, Slacker Uprising, he made it clear that not only would the movie be completely free, but he also wanted everyone to “email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyoneâ€Â. However, there was one rule - this generous offer from Moore would only apply to people living in the United States and Canada. As we reported earlier, the decision to use BitTorrent for facilitating distribution of the movie made a bit of a mockery of the limitations of Moore’s offer, since using The Pirate Bay’s tracker sent the movie worldwide. So, even for a completely free movie, it seemed inevitable that the legal profession would get involved at some point, it was just a question of time. It didn’t take long. In a letter dated September 25th, lawyers representing Westside Productions LLC, owner of the Slacker Uprising copyright sprang into action, demanding the removal of a torrent linking to the movie. However, they managed to make a novice error. Instead of contacting the host of the torrent site in question, the Swedish-hosted BTJunkie, they actually sent the US copyright takedown request (email & fedex) to their DNS provider, easyDNS. easyDNS are based in Canada and, just like BTJunkie in Sweden, are not subject to the laws of the United States, although most lawyers don’t seem to understand this. Furthermore, since easyDNS aren’t even BTJunkie’s host, they are in no position to do anything about the torrent anyway. Mark Jeftovic, a co-founder of easyDNS wrote: “But really, come on folks, please tell us that isn’t the basis for this take down request. Anybody with half a clue knows the net doesn’t work like that. In any case, I’ve sent them our standard ‘we’re not the web host, we’re just the lowly DNS service’, but I did point out this seeming contradiction in Michael Moore’s message vs his lawyer’s actions.†Now that the lawyers managed to get a grasp of the role of a DNS server, they have withdrawn the complaint against easyDNS. They state that the problem is due to the fact that the infringing .torrent was hosted outside of the US and Canada, a situation which for some reason is unacceptable to their client and a ‘problem’ worth spending large sums of money on to remedy. Let’s be clear - no amount of money will solve this issue and it is absolutely absurd to even try. “I’ve replied that they [the lawyers] should know it is highly impractical to attempt to impose geographical constraints on otherwise freely available files,†said Mark at easyDNS, “but I guess they want to give it a shot.†Meanwhile, the admin of BTJunkie told us he has not yet received a takedown request. Mo(o)re money down the drain…. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me |
Aristoteles Doukas Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 1091 Credit: 2,140,913 RAC: 0 |
that is something i haven´t understand, if you are citizen, you should be able to vote, why you have to register to a voter, one citizen, one vote |
Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
The oh, so generous Michael Moore is at it again: I'm guessing that Moore doesn't want it distributed for free in Europe is because he has many followers there that would pay to see it. Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
However, there was one rule And of course, it was broken... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
peanut Send message Joined: 1 Feb 07 Posts: 372 Credit: 1,951,576 RAC: 0 |
I think Mr. Moore needs some education on the internet. It is hard to confine things to just the USA and Canada. He goofed. I don't think the movie is that great anyway. He should just make it totally free and never release it in theaters. He should just take it as a freebie loss and go on to something better. |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
I think Mr. Moore needs some education on the internet. It is hard to confine things to just the USA and Canada. He goofed. I don't think the movie is that great anyway. He should just make it totally free and never release it in theaters. He should just take it as a freebie loss and go on to something better. I guess his greed forbids him that. And no, he's really not savvy about how the internet works, his lawyers acted on his request. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Feel manipulated Yet? Yes! But not by Michael Moore... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Aparantly, Michael Moore isn't the only person passing out free movies... ;) (Just in time for the presidential election... AGAIN!) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Aristoteles Doukas Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 1091 Credit: 2,140,913 RAC: 0 |
they just can´t use internet yet, so they have to send it by mail, which is good, job´s for people, so maybe they don´t have to move out from their homes after the political elite ruined economy with generous help from financial elite |
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
Aparantly, Michael Moore isn't the only person passing out free movies... ;) Its price: 12,95 $!!! Where did you see the film is for free? |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Where did you see the film is for free? The same place Ron Paul did... ;) (I'm guessing that you weren't one of the 28 million 'lucky winners'.) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
Where did you see the film is for free? Oh boy, I was one of the lucky ones. If anyone REALLY wants it, PM me your snailmail address. Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
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