Le film est produit en France, il est sélectionné dans les festivals, il aura sans doute une vie à l’étranger mais j’aimerais que les Russes le voient. Après le « Cinéma du réel », je vais le diffuser en ligne, sur les plateforme de téléchargement russes, illégales le plus souvent. C’est un film politique, il n’a aucune chance d’être diffusé à la télé, ou dans les salles. Il faut le faire voyager autrement et, chez moi, les réseaux pirates, les systèmes d’échange de fichiers sont bien organisés, c’est notre espace de liberté. J’ai envie d’en profiter et de soutenir cette activité, même si mes producteurs étaient assez réticents au départ. Je suis, moi-même, un enfant d’internet et ça me plait de de laisser le film vivre sa vie et de voir s’il provoque des réactions.
— RIAA: Pirates Are Bigger Music Fans Than Average Consumers | TorrentFreak
The church of Kopimism considers the sharing of digital information to be a sacred act, and holds as its primary tenet: “‘Copy and Paste what thou wilt’ shall be the whole of the law.” In her slide deck, Pespisa proudly showed one of the Kopimists’ cherished symbols, a yin and yang with the copy-and-paste commands “Ctrl-C” and “Ctrl-V.”
“There isn’t really a god involved or anything. You’re not going to hell if you don’t share,” Pespisa said, one of many remarks that drew waves of laughter from her fellow pirates. Kopimism has a founder—Isak Gerson—”but we don’t worship him.”
"— Eva Joly & EELV : le programme numérique que les internautes attendent - le Plus
— The Right to Piracy: The Conflict Behind SOPA | Think Tank | Big Think
— Piracy is NOT Theft: Problems of a Nonsense Metaphor | TorrentFreak
— The case for piracy – Blog – ABC Technology and Games (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Jonathan Rugman, a reporter for Channel 4 News in London, writes on Twitter from Westminster Magistrates’ court that the head of the legal team for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, arrived wearing a skull and crossbones tie for the first hearing in the case. Mr. Rugman observes: “Internet pirates vs. Swedish prosecutor then!” He added that Mr. Assange is due to appear in the court in the next few minutes. (via Latest Updates on Leak of U.S. Cables, Day 10 - NYTimes.com)
— Homeland Security shuts down dozens of Web sites without court order | Raw Story
According to the anti-piracy outfit, the reported users were caught sharing a copy of the newly released Windows 7 Ultimate operating system. As evidence the self-proclaimed investigators submitted a screenshot of peers listed by uTorrent.
The owner of LinkoManija was not impressed by LANVA’s actions. “Anyone can copy a peer list, but it doesn’t prove that anyone downloaded the full file or actually uploaded anything,” Kestas told TorrentFreak. “It can’t be used as serious evidence,” he added.
LANVA disagrees and hopes that the police will track down the identities of the accused infringers. If this happens the users will face fines of up to several hundred dollars, plus additional damages Microsoft’s lawyers may call for.
"— Anti-Piracy Group Reports Torrent Site Users to the Police | TorrentFreak
