Good Copy Bad Copy

Good Copy Bad Copy

Infobox Film
name = Good Copy Bad Copy


caption = A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture.
director = Andreas Johnsen
Ralf Christensen
Henrik Moltke
producer = Rosforth
writer =
starring =
music = RJD2
Track72
Phoenicia
John Tejada
REQ
Shex
Santogold
Rex Lawson
Dr. Victor Olaiya
Pharfar
Girl Talk
Danger Mouse
Mikkel Meyer
Gnarls Barkley
De La Soul
NWA
cinematography = Andreas Johnsen
Ralf Christensen
Henrik Moltke
editing = Adam Neilsen
distributor =
released = 2007
runtime = 59 minutes
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"Good Copy Bad Copy, A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture", is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances. Directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke.

It features interviews with many people with various perspectives on copyright, including copyright lawyers, producers and artists.

A central point of the documentary is the thesis that "creativity itself is on the line" and that a balance needs to be struck, or that there is a conflict, between protecting the right of those who own intellectual property and the rights of future generations to create.

Content

Artists interviewed include Girl Talk and DJ Danger Mouse. The interviews with artists reveal an emerging understanding of digital works and the obstacle to their authoring copyright presents.

The interviews featured in Good Copy Bad Copy acknowledge a recent shift towards user generated content, mashup music and video culture. The documentary opens with explaining the current legal situation concerning Sampling, licensing and copyright. Good Copy Bad Copy documents the conflict between current copyright law and recent technological advances that enable the Sampling of music, as well as the distribution of copyrighted material via peer-to-peer file sharing searchengines such as The Pirate Bay. MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) CEO Dan Glickman is interviewed in connection with a raid by the Swedish police against The Pirate Bay in May 2006. Glickman concedes that piracy will never be stopped, but states that they will try to make it as difficult and tedious as possible. Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij from The Pirate Bay are also interviewed, with Neij stating that The Pirate Bay is illegal according to US law, but not Swedish law.

The interviews document attitudes towards art, culture and copyright in a number of countries, including the US, Sweden, Russia, Nigeria, and Brazil.

The situation in Nigeria and Brazil is documented in terms of innovative business models that have developed in response to new technological possibilities and changing markets.

In Nigeria the documentary interviews individuals working within the Nigerian film industry, or Nollywood. Charles Igwe, a film producer in Lagos is interviewed at length about his views on the Nigerian film industry, the nature of Nigerian films and copyright in the context of digital video technology. Mayo Ayilaran, from the Copyright Society of Nigeria, explains the Nigerian government's approach to copyright enforcement.

In Brazil the Tecno brega industry and its unique approach to copyright and sampling is documented, featuring interviews with amongst others Ronaldo Lemos, Professor of Law FGV Brazil. Lemos explains that CDs or recorded music is treated merely as an advertisement for parties and concerts that generate revenue.

Good Copy Bad Copy also includes interview segments with copyright activist and academic Lawrence Lessig. [ [http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/about Good Copy Bad Copy ] ] [ [http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/credits Good Copy Bad Copy ] ]

Distribution

Originally created for the Danish National Broadcasting Television network, the film was eventually released for free on the internet as a BitTorrent download. The filmakers hope that releasing Good Copy Bad Copy for free will raise awareness and lead to other local broadcasting networks to show the documentary. [ [http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/copyright/ Posts tagged Copyright at Download Squad ] ]

The documentary first appeared on The Pirate Bay [ [http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3700777/Good_Copy_Bad_Copy_-_XviD Good Copy Bad Copy - XviD (download torrent) - TPB ] ] and then it was officially released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license on the Blip.tv video sharing site. [ [http://goodcopybadcopy.blip.tv Good Copy Bad Copy on blip.tv ] ]

On the 8th of May, 2008, Good Copy Bad Copy was shown on SVT2, Swedish Television. [ [http://henrikmoltke.dk/2008/05/good-copy-bad-copy-on-swedish-tv-svt2.html Henrik Moltkes Blog ] ]

Parts of the documentary and an unofficial trailer are available on YouTube. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vaQ9Ncmps]

References

ee also

* Anti-copyright
* Copyright
* Creative Commons
* Free Culture movement
* Mashup
* Remix culture
* Steal This Film

External links

* [http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/ Good Copy Bad Copy official website]
* [http://blip.tv/file/246198/ The movie trailer on blip.tv]


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