Judge Censors Popular Mexican Documentary, Which Critiques Judiciary; Director Then Complains About 'Piracy'
from the funny-how-that-works dept
SinkDeep alerts us to the news that a very popular Mexican documentary, called Presumed Guilty (Presunto Culpable in Spanish) has been censored by the courts, after one person who appears in the movie complained that he never gave permission. The movie itself is a documentary shedding some light on the Mexican judiciary, following the case of the wrongful conviction of Antonio Zuniga for murder, based on flimsy evidence. The complaint came from one of the witnesses in court, who claims he never gave permission to the filmmakers. The filmmakers claim that since he appeared at a public trial there was no need to get permission -- and lots of people, including local and federal government officials are claiming that they disagree with the court's ruling.Apparently, some are ignoring the order to stop showing the film, and the entire film has shown up on YouTube, where its racking up plenty of views. On top of that, the censorship order has made the movie popular among people selling bootlegs.
Of course, SinkDeep also notes that even with all of this helping the movie get a lot more attention, the producers are complaining about this "piracy." Apparently they've been complaining on Twitter that people shouldn't watch the unauthorized versions, even as they're fighting the courts who have censored the original version. On top of that, this morning, the director successfully issued a takedown to remove the film from YouTube. Of course, this seems like a perfect place where a filmmaker might encourage more people to see a movie, just as it's been censored. It's too bad the reaction is the same typical "but, but, piracy!" reaction.
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Are you certain
Y'know, like "Hey, don't watch my pirated movie! (nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean, eh?)"
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This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Roberto Hernandez
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The rights owner should make that choice, not a bunch of basement keyboard warriors.
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Then again, don't go near Warren Ellis, he'd eat you alive and play with your remains once he pooped you out.
As one should.
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Well, unfortunately, it is not his choice to make. Anyone minimally knowledgeable is capable of putting a movie up on youtube. There are millions (billions?) of people with that ability. There are hundreds of thousands that are willing to do that. There is demand for it. You'd have more luck trying to stop a tidal wave with a tennis racquet.
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I have several copies of Freedom Downtime that I bought from 2600. This is despite the fact that they made the entire video available free online, and even have a statement on the video saying that they welcomed people to copy and distribute the video. I've purchased many products that were available for free, and I know I am not alone in doing so (2600 has sold a lot of copies of Freedom Downtime.) So, your "nobody will buy because it is available for free" just doesn't seem to really work.
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xczxczx
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Perhaps he has to!
That could well include issuing DMCA takedown notices, as the courts would "expect" a rights holder to do with infringing material.
Anyone know if this could be the case
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The director seems to know.. he took it down because
"you cannot do public interest work w/o paying for a team's lunch". lol
https://twitter.com/#!/porquesmichamba/status/44605934051405824
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Pity, I was hoping there was some sense to the director's DMCA behaviour
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Same ol'
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the whole problem..
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Funny...
So, does that mean, a country without appropriate laws can use American laws to stifle free speech?
Nice!
I do so enjoy it when American - the supposed beacon of freedom - is used to supress freedom.
The Chinese could take lessons!
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