Australia Government Malcolm Turnbull is trying to crack down on Online Piracy.

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i mean just last week a director on twitter told people to upload his movie because legal BS

 

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Director-Asks-for-Someone-to-Upload-an-Old-Movie-of-His-to-the-Pirate-Bay-451977.shtml

 

Apparently it was the music that caused the legal issues.

 

 

Dutch movie director Martin Koolhoven sent out a tweet, "Can someone just upload Suzy Q to The Pirate Bay?", and someone uploaded a copy, but it was crappy, so he decided to upload a better version to Youtube, expecting it to get yanked down, but instead Youtube didn't remove the film but asked the director whether he had the right to use the songs, and he said no, so the money made through the advertisements on Youtube will go to the proper rightsholders. The main problem is with the film is the music, which includes tracks from popular artists such as The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, which prevented the film from being released in movie theaters, on DVD, or on TV.

 

Source: https://plus.google.com/+WayneRadinsky/posts/TJFCViCHHgh

 

 

Cool little story though. Thanks for the find Qwerty.