[wos] STEAL THIS FILM RELEASED (and needs you!)

[Volker Grassmuck]

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STEAL THIS FILM RELEASED (and needs you!)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:16:25 +0000
From: jamie king <jamie at jamie.com>
To: jamie at jamie.com


Dear Friends,

I am writing to tell you that we've just released STEAL THIS FILM II 
over at www.stealthisfilm.com. We've got Pirate Bay, Mininova and 
Bittorrent Inc. themselves seeding the torrent so you shouldn't have 
any problems grabbing a copy. Hope you enjoy it and sorry if I, or 
someone else, has already told you :)  



ABOUT THE FILM

These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so 
much attention in the mainstream media, the 'battles' between old and 
new modes of distribution, between the pirate and the institution of 
copyright, seem to many of us already lost and won. We know who the 
victors are. Why then say any more?  

Because waves of repression continue to come: lawsuits are still 
levied against innocent people; arrests are still made on flimsy 
pretexts, in order to terrify and confuse; harsh laws are still 
enacted against filesharing, taking their place in the gradual 
erosion of our privacy and the bolstering of the surveillance state. 
All of this is intended to destroy or delay inexorable changes in 
what it means to create and exchange our creations. If STEAL THIS 
FILM II proves at all useful in bringing new people into the leagues 
of those now prepared to think 'after intellectual property', think 
creatively about the future of distribution, production and 
creativity, we have achieved our main goal.  

It has been an exciting and demanding year for us and we really hope 
you'll enjoy the work we've done. It would not have been possible 
without the the thousands of donations you have given us. We have a 
plan for the future and if you would like to continue to support us, 
go here. Thank you.  


HELP US!

We could use your help with promoting the film on various sites if 
you can spare 5 minutes. This can really make a difference out 
getting the film out there.  

*On Digg*
http://digg.com/all/entertainment/upcoming/most

We're already at the top of Upcoming, but we need over 100 Diggs to 
get on the front page. You need to be registered to Digg, but that 
takes about 1.5 minutes:  
http://digg.com/register/

*On Reddit*
http://reddit.com/info/6430a/comments/

Reddit didn't take any notice of us for about a week last time. You 
need to be registered to vote on Reddit, but it's virtually instant:
http://reddit.com/login

*On BoingBoing*
We would also be delighted if BoingBoing were to review the film, so 
it can't hurt if you recommend us to them:
http://www.boingboing.net/suggest.html

You don't need to be registered to submit links to BoingBoing.

Thanks so much for any help, and here's wishing you a happy new year!

Cheers.

Jamie



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