Moore: pirate my film, no problem

[method77]

Controversial film-maker Michael Moore has welcomed the appearance on the internet of pirated copies of his anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 and claimed he is happy for anybody to download it free of charge.

The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded.

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[DudeAsInCool]

This is an interesting development. It's unlikely to win many friends at the MPAA (and maybe even Mirimax), but it also blunts arguments from his critics that he's only in it for the money. Good move...clearly he wants to have the movie seen by as many people as possible

It would be interesting to say how many people who download the film actually then go to the movie theater. My hunch is that the internet and dowloading may actually have more of a posative impact than a negative one...in some cases like this

[Ken]

Really really odd.

Good for him.

[Shawn]

Really really odd.

Good for him.

:good job: You said it all.