Talk:Steal This Film

Information gleaned from the film.
Swedish Secretary of State - Dan Eliasson: Rick Falkvinge - Swedish Pirate Party: John Kennedy - President Universal Music International: Alex Cox - Film Maker Richard Dryfuss - Actor (tomorrow never dies newsnight) John Kennedy - President, Universal Music International

"Thanks to: Alan Toner, Altermarkf, brokep, #copyplot, Daniela, #digitalhippie, The Edenbog Cafe, EC8OR, Elisabeth Stark, Feliz, Helen Liston, Dr. J.J. King, Jan Gerber, Magnus "Monki" Eriksson,  Pale Torsson, The Pirate ay, PiratByran, The Pirate Party, Rasmus Flischer, Sebastian Luetgert, Sousys, Southpaw,

Thieving Thanks To: CAN: "She brings the rain", "Why must I be the thief" John Carpenter: "They Live" Michaelangelo Antonioni: "Zabriskie Point" Public Enemy: "Burn hollywood burn" Roland Emmerich "The day after tomorrow" Robert Luxemburg Burn Hollywood Burn

Further "subliminal messages" 4:52-4:54 Resist, Share, Enjoy 5:05 Copy 5:19 Paste 6:35 Filesharing is not Stealing 19:40 But your paltry income is the movie industry's profit 19:41 But your lack of health insurance is the labor market's profit 19:42 But your lifelong debt is the financial market's profit 20:00 In fact, the actors in this spot earned more money in one day than this pathetic working class of intellectual property would earn in one month 25:20 Photo of sign: "Obey" --Lexein 02:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, but descibing these mesages as subliminal is entirely wrong. Wikipedia defines subliminal messages as "a signal or message embedded in another object, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception". The 'messages' are captions responding to the content of the film, such as actor interviews. They are clear, easily perceptible and therefore cannot be described as subliminal.
 * Describing the captions as "subliminal messages" denotes that the film intends to brainwash the viewer. I highly suspect that whoever wrote this on wikipedia opposes the subject of the film and intended to add some negativity to the article. --Sevengoods 15:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm against conventional copyright and enjoyed this film and agreed with a lot of what they had to say but I also think that these messages are subliminal. They're only visible for a split-second. It's a shame they pulled such a stunt, really 77.99.233.169 (talk) 04:07, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. There was one at around 6:38 but I didn't catch it. I believe the FCC has a rule that any text appearing on the screen must be shown for at least sixteen frames (0.667 seconds). ZtObOr 03:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * (Excuse me not being logged in) I have checked with adobe premiere pro, these texts only appear for 1 frame, i.e. 1/30th of a second. And they are done over the film without blanking it, what's more is that they only appear when the documentry is showing the coperate's point of view. I personally am "neutral" about file sharing, but I think this video is a bit biased 165.21.155.17 (talk) 10:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)2nd/05/2008 +8GMT, Wizongod

Copyright
Under which copyright (or -left) license is this film being released? Maikel (talk) 16:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

None, which would be public domain, I think.--toehead2001 (talk) 22:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * In the US (anyway), anything published is automatically copyright unless the author specifically releases his/her rights and puts it in the public domain. That is why there is a disclaimer on wikipedia that states that all text, including this sentence I am writing now, is under the GFDL.  Else it would be subject to copyright protections, etc.  Before I assumed anything, I would check the website and see.  Likely it is copyrighted but very flexible in terms, like GFDL or similar.  Pharmboy (talk) 22:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note that at the end of part 2, it says that the film is copyright the League of Noble Peers. Stale Fries taste better 23:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, and as is clarified in the FAQ (http://stealthisfilm.com/Part2/faq.php). the copyright is there so that you can steal the film 83.254.69.54 (talk) 04:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have stolen this film. It is now MINE. 90.217.29.94 (talk) 04:31, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Poor quality sources & cites
I've cleaned up and fleshed out several URL-only citations. I've left the links to wikis and blogs for others to replace with verifiable secondary sources [WP:SECONDARY]. I'll revisit in a month or two and delete them, if they're not fixed up. --Lexein (talk) 13:46, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Trial Edition is not HD
Trial Edition is definitely not HD. It is 480 p. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.46.168.56 (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * Sci-Hub - network of pirated research papers, "Sci-Hub can instantly provide access to more than two-thirds of all scholarly articles",  Lindsay McKenzie. Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests. Science Magazine. Jul. 27, 2017. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/sci-hub-s-cache-pirated-papers-so-big-subscription-journals-are-doomed-data-analyst

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