07-01-2004, 03:07 PM
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Junkie
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Where it gets interesting is the fact that Moore himself has been very, very clear on his feelings. The following is a transcript of the clip from that European press conference where Moore explicitly states he wants people to download the film. I did not transcribe the “um’s and uh’s” in his speech, since we all do that and they have zero effect on the meaning or context. Feel free to grab a copy yourself and make sure I was accurate.
Well, I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people. As long they’re not doing it to make a profit off it, as long as they’re not, you know, trying to make a profit off my labor. I would oppose that. But um, you know I do quite well and I um...I don’t know, I make these books and movies and TV shows because I want things to change, so the more people that get to see them the better, and um, so I’m, I’m happy when that happens, OK? Should I not be happy I don’t know? It’s like if a friend of yours has the DVD of my movie, gave it to you to watch one night, is that person doing something wrong? I’m not seeing any money from that. But he’s just handing the DVD to you so that you can watch my movie. A DVD that he bought, but you’re not buying it, yet you’re watching it without paying me any money. See I think that’s OK, and it’s always been OK, we share things with people. And I think information and art, ideas should be shared.
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-- http://moorewatch.com/index.php/webl...nts/764/#29621
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