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Pirate Cinema

Trent McCauley is sixteen, brilliant, and obsessed with one thing: making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the net. In the dystopian near-future Britain where Trent is growing up, this is more illegal than ever; the punishment for being caught three times is that your entire household’s access to the internet is cut off for a year, with no appeal.

One Response to “Pirate Cinema”

1. Jodie Garrett says:

   March 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm

   Lots of food for thought in this.
   I hadn't stopped to think much about the 'new' works that are created by people (using existing material). I must not know enough creative people at the moment, as downloading is done by people I know who are simply passive consumers.
   Here is my take on the whole situation (initially written in 2006, and then updated this week): https://www.facebook.com/notes/jodie-garrett/permitting-piracyor-not/570532899623812

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