Boing Boing: Michael Moore endorses file-sharing of his movies

Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Michael Moore endorses file-sharing of his movies

Here's a wild video of Michael Moore at a Q&A session, being asked if he minds people on file-sharing networks passing around rips of his movies. His answer, in a nutshell: "Share away!"

I don't agree with copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor...
I make these movies and books and TV shows because I want things to change, and so the more people who get to see them, the better.

5.4MB DivX Link (Thanks, Kolano!)

posted by Cory Doctorow at 06:28:42 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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