Drudge linking to Sicko bittorrent - Democratic Underground

LeighAnn

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:38 AM
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Drudge linking to Sicko bittorrent

His headline says, "SICKO hits the net a week before release... "

Then he links to the download of the movie. Can't he be sued for this, or arrested? He's willfully and knowingly trying to disseminate this movie before it's release. He should be held accountable.

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sidwill

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:40 AM
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1. The irony is

Dumbass Drudge is inadvertantly spreading the movie and it's message to an ever wider audience.

And I doubt Moore gives a rats ass.

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:52 AM
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8. It is going to backfire big time for Drudge. According to reports, WrongWingers who saw it

Edited on Fri Jun-15-07 10:52 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm

at Cannes, came up and thanked Moore!!!! The Health Care problem in our country affects everyone!!!!

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librechik

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:34 AM
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16. yes indeed--if he were smart he would ignore Mike

good thing he is stupid--many folks will see Sicko this way, and I bet Mike doesn't even mind

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri Jun-15-07 12:21 PM
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18. Remember that Mike gave up an Oscar for F9/11 because he wanted it shown on tv so more

people could see it.

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librechik

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Fri Jun-15-07 12:52 PM
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22. yup--commercial considerations are not so important to him

as giving people the truth, and moving them to action

I LOVE MIKE!

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri Jun-15-07 04:03 PM
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23. And my guess is, that when you think that you can't Love Mike more, you will see Sicko

and will want to kiss the ground he walks on.

:hi:

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aquart

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:41 AM
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2. Lotta free showings of the Gore film.

Still managed to make a mint. I wouldn't worry a bit about this.

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smiley_glad_hands

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:42 AM
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3. Moore will make his money no matter.

Drudge is just doing some free marketing.

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LSK

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:43 AM
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4. Moore wanted F9/11 pirated

He only cared about as many people as possible seeing it. I wonder if he feels the same about this movie. Probably.

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w4rma

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:45 AM
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6. Agreed. There is no way that Moore will elect to enforce the law. Moore is happy with this. (nt)

Edited on Fri Jun-15-07 10:47 AM by w4rma

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kenny blankenship

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:52 AM
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17. His distributor may have other ideas though

Edited on Fri Jun-15-07 11:57 AM by kenny blankenship

If you produce a movie and direct it and act in it, you still need a distribution company. In this case that would be The Weinstein Company (TWC). Lion's Gate books theater dates for Sicko, and TWC owns the international distribution rights.
TWC may take a dim view of Drudge posting link to a bittorent metadata file, and if they decide to file a complaint with the FBI, Michael Moore may have little say about it--in fact, none if TWC insists.

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DS1

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:45 AM
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5. No. He can't be sued or arrested for this. Stop being a facsist

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Bill219

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:50 AM
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7. It's been available in the newsgroups for 3 days now

There is a post over at Newzbin, where someone claims that MM put it up himself because he was afraid the master would get seized, so he hid a copy in Canada, where it just *happened* to appear on the web.

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Occulus

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Fri Jun-15-07 04:10 PM
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24. I have a feeling that's the case

It's just too coincidental, and fits all too well with the possibility of masters being seized.

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Cleita

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Fri Jun-15-07 10:57 AM
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9. Good! If it's on the internet, it will be there forever even if

Drudge deletes it. If the insurance industry tries to trash it or get it banned they won't be able to get rid of it in the long run.

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BlooInBloo

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:00 AM
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10. I'll be damned - Drudge ruling DU's world actually turned out to be useful.

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bunkerbuster1

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:30 AM
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14. Heh. Indeedy.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:11 AM
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11. It should be very interesting...

To see if the MPAA goes after Drudge for linking to this torrent. They have gone after others for less, in the past.

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alfredo

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:33 AM
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15. If someone reported him, they might.

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tanyev

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:27 AM
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12. Now all the RWers who wouldn't be caught dead paying money at a theater to see it

will watch it, too. Too bad Moore won't get their $, but it's a good thing that they'll see the movie.

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helderheid

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Fri Jun-15-07 11:28 AM
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13. Exactly! And those who love Moore will pay to see it even if they watch it online as well.

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LSK

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Fri Jun-15-07 12:30 PM
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21. those idiots wont see it anyways, but they will know for sure its full of lies

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Lex

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Fri Jun-15-07 12:22 PM
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19. Is it with permission of the film's distributor?

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siligut

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Fri Jun-15-07 12:28 PM
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20. They say it is legal.

The thing about bit torrent is that it is legal. The metafiles don’t store copyrighted data, or so they claim.

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