Steal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property. 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”.
Subtitles available: English, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Danish, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean
| Duration: | 44:45 |
| Language: | EN |
| CC available: | HR, CS, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IW, IT, PL, ZH, RU, ES, TR, UK |
| Resolution max: | 720p |
| Video Source: | YouTube |
| Provided by: | The Documentary Network |
| Published on: | 2011-06-29 |
| Rating: | 
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| Category: | Education & Learning Media |
| Topic: | Bittorrent Copyleft Copyright Intellectual Property Kazaa Napster Privacy Torrent |
| Type: | CC |
