Comments on: Michael Moore will release Fahrenheit 9/11 via BitTorrent

Michael Moore will release Fahrenheit 9/11 via BitTorrent

jkaczor — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:04:04 -0800

Michael Moore capitulates to demands... Ask and you shall receive

By: LairBob

LairBob — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:14:42 -0800

I smell a rat...I love the idea, but I don't see mention of this anywhere else, and the "Press Release" on Denounce.com that seems to the original source for all this "news" does claim that it's from "DenounceWire".

By: knapah

knapah — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:19:20 -0800

Well, i imagine it will be on bittorrent, but officially on bittorrent? i'm sceptical too.

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:21:56 -0800

I hope its not a rat, but I can't check - my current connection filters block Denounce.com

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:26:12 -0800

Denounce is a satire site. No way this is real.

By: LairBob

LairBob — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:26:50 -0800

The "Press Release": BitTorrent To Release Michael Moore's New Film Free of Charge Movie Industry Stunned By Latest Moore Move Cannes, France /DenounceNewswire/ -- 24 May 2004 In a stunning move, controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced today that his latest film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", will be released by BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing network. "This film deserves the widest possible distribution," said Moore, whose film won the Palme D'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend. "I had hoped I could achieve that with Miramax and Disney, but such was not to be the case. I'm thrilled to announce that I have an even better solution. BitTorrent!" BitTorrent, written by programmer Bram Cohen, is a popular software application for trading movies, music, and television episodes over the Internet. BitTorrent differs from other peer-to-peer networks in that the program connects users to many different fragments of a digital file, only to be seamlessly pieced back together when the transfer is complete. The result is a much faster download and less clogging on the Internet. "I'm very happy to be working with Michael on the release of this important documentary," said Cohen. "This is exactly the kind of thing BitTorrent was created for. I'm confident we're going to be able to reach more people faster than any conventional Hollywood distribution scheme. And it's going to cost a hell of a lot less than printing four thousand some odd prints of the film!" The documentary, which contends that the Bush family has ties going back more than three decades with the Saudi royal family, leading to a questions about the Saudi involvement with 9/11, was originally bought by Miramax and Disney last year. Michael Eisner, head of Disney, announced recently that the company would not distribute the film due to is political content. Cohen and Moore say that the film will be available through BitTorrent beginning July 3rd worldwide over the Internet. The film will be free. Posted by denounce on May 25, 2004 12:26 AM

By: LairBob

LairBob — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:28:50 -0800

lol--on further inspection of Denounce.com: Recognized around the world as the best source for completely fictional news and information. When you're not looking for a reliable, accurate site for industry news, there's only one place to go: Denounce. All fake. All the time.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:30:12 -0800

All rights reserved. No redistribution or copying without written permission from Birdrock Ventures. Denounce is a satire website specializing in false press releases that are meant to neither inform nor educate. If it makes you smile and think, we've done our job. Your mileage may vary. Do not read while operating a vehicle. Denounce, Denounce.com, Denounce Newswire, and "All the News That Never Happened" are trademarks of Birdrock Ventures. you fools Then again, I hardly see how anything on that site is satirical, or even amusing. It's just stuff that's not true. They seem to have missed the "make it funny" step out.

By: signal

signal — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:42:16 -0800

It might be a satire site, but does anybody doubt 9/11 will be on BitTorrent?

By: billpena

billpena — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:45:10 -0800

The language gave it away to me. BitTorrent isn't really a company or vendor, it's a network and application. Writing that BitTorrent was going to release the movie, that BitTorrent is an agent of anything, would therefore be grammatically inappropriate, and any copywriter would have written it "released through BitTorrent" or "with BitTorrent" or "on BitTorrent". /language nazi

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:50:23 -0800

Jeez, this is like the third or fourth time a blogger linked to denounce and others took it to be the honest truth. It's bad version of the Onion, people!

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:55:36 -0800

The language gave it away to me. But that's exactly how non-techies write about techincal subjects they don't understand.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 25 May 2004 14:03:17 -0800

And now, a performance by the Nelson Tabernacle Choir... HAW HAW!

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 25 May 2004 14:19:53 -0800

Sorry, I would have tried to verify a little harder, but my current clients network filters out Denounce.com - which probably shoulda been a sign, eh?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Tue, 25 May 2004 14:29:03 -0800

well, it'll be on Bittorrent anyway, i'm hoping.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 25 May 2004 14:33:35 -0800

I've been watching usenet closely for it, but it'll get on IRC first, I'm sure, then BT after that, then usenet.

By: substrate

substrate — Tue, 25 May 2004 14:33:41 -0800

Hasn't Moore in the past said he's happy to see his stuff on P2P?

By: soulhuntre

soulhuntre — Tue, 25 May 2004 16:39:52 -0800

Well, since Moore is fundementally anti-capitalism (in tone if not in flat out wording) he should be happy to stick one to the rich white men (himself in this case) and give it away for free.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 25 May 2004 16:41:18 -0800

/sound of deflated balloon Well, it will end up being shared eventually. I still can't believe there wasn't a CAM at the Cannes film festival showing.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 25 May 2004 17:08:44 -0800

Well, since Moore is fundementally anti-capitalism (in tone if not in flat out wording) he should be happy to stick one to the rich white men (himself in this case) and give it away for free. I'm fundamentally anti-oxygen. It's a good thing I don't need to breathe. And what the fuck is with these doctors helping sick people? They're not sick!

By: Item

Item — Tue, 25 May 2004 17:37:58 -0800

And since soulhuntre hates himself some Jews*, everybody can be happy. *according to Soulhuntre's Law, which reads, in part: 'make up lies about people you don't agree with'.