| Produced By Jed Horovitz | Directed By Greg Hittelman |
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| Lawrence Lessig & Mickey Mouse Carrie McLaren & Public Enemy Don Joyce & U2 Larry Gross & Star Wars Andy Warhol & Mona Lisa Ezra G & DJ Akiko Hot Rocks & The Rolling Stones Pretzel & Critters | |
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"DJs, artists, teachers, and scholars come together
discuss the amazing story of how corporations use legal maneuvering to
collect money from people who are ‘guilty until proven innocent.’
Shot and distributed independently, this film examines the idea of intellectual
property, an issue brought to the forefront with the advent of the internet
and digital technology. CRITIC’S CHOICE."
- THE UC BERKELEY CALENDAR |
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| "For librarians interested in intellectual
property issues this is an absolute must see." - LIS NEWS (LIBRARY
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE NEWS) |
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| "An extraordinary film about the culture
wars… Brilliant." - PROF. LAWRENCE LESSIG, STANFORD LAW SCHOOL |
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| "A primer on copyright issues." CARRIE MCLAREN, EDITOR, STAY FREE! MAGAZINE & CURATOR OF THE SFMOMA "ILLEGAL ART" SHOW |
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| "Willful Infringement asks provocative
questions: Is copyright an instrument of censorship? Do newer copyright
controls, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, suppress the free
speech of scientists, artists and others? Does aggressive enforcement of
copyright law inhibit artists today in ways that they weren’t in the
past? Whose art is it, anyway?…This documentary is a great way to
bring the debate into the classroom." http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/emroDetail.asp?Number=1316 - EDUCATION MEDIA REVIEWS ONLINE |
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| "Willful Infringement is a feature
film about the ways that copyright has harmed free expression and creativity.
The movie features clowns talking about the legal threats they got for twisting
balloon-animal Barneys, Negativland conspiracists discussing life after
being crushed for making music out of samples, as well as lots of legal
geniuses and iconoclasts talking about how we got here and where we're going…
Fascinating." - CORY DOCTOROW, AUTHOR DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM |
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| WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT was produced on digital video, is 58 minutes long, in color and stereo. It is available only on DVD and comes with over 45 minutes of bonus material including an interactive discussion guide for educators and exclusive 'Mickey & Me' sidebar video. | |
| Note on pricing: "Willful Infringement" ($49.99) has been aimed for the educational and library market (where the typical video costs around $200). If this is beyond your personal budget, please ask your local library, university or organization to order a copy. That way, even more can share it. This is a movie about cultural commons, of which libraries are (once were and should be) the capital. | |
| PREVIEW 'WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT' | DISCOVER HUMAN NATURE | ||
| LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT ORIGINALITY | SAMPLE 'MICKEY & ME' | ||
| FIND OUT IF IT REALLY IS ILLEGAL TO 'RIPMIXBURN' | WATCH THE CREDITS | ||
| TIMELINE OF COPYRIGHT | WHAT YOU CAN DO | BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LINKS |
| For more information please contact ghittelman (at) gmail.com | ||