This comes from this article (writer Enigmax, Torrent Freak) on filmmaker Enzo Tedeschi's plan to distribute his new movie The Tunnel for free through torrent sites. (Yes, I know the site is called "Torrent Freak", but the article is mostly quotes from Tedeschi himself apart from the introduction about the evils of Hollywood's modus operandi.) People get to buy individual frames of the movie for $1 each — $25 gives one second of the movie (because this movie has a frame rate of 25 FPS), so $1500 gets a full minute of the movie. Along with this, one randomly selected investor gets a 1% cut of the profits (as a sort of investment lottery). Follow the jump for my take.
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Saturday, 19 June 2010
FOLLOW-UP: The Film Industry's Next Avatar
Posted on 05:37 by Unknown
Posted in copyright, enzo tedeschi, FOLLOW-UP, hollywood, james cameron, movie, mpaa, the tunnel, torrent
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