In 2006 a group of friends who call themselves The League of Noble Peers, shot the documentary Steal This Film. The subject of the film is the fight between world’s biggest torrent Piratebay and several smaller, also based in Sweden websites, offering free but according to a lot of countries’ laws, illegal downloading of films on one hand, and Hollywood majors on the other. The film is notable for its critical analysis of an alleged regulatory capture attempt performed by the Hollyw...

While the conundrum facing the film industry over Internet piracy heats up, one producer of an independent low-budget film has taken matters into his own hands... The day after the DVD release (11/13/07) of his film Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth, producer Eric D. Wilkinson took the groundbreaking step to directly address peer-to-peer file sharing constituents. On the blog rlslog.net he thanked the "pirates" for downloading his film. He also requested that they spread the word, buy...

Contest Invites Both Veteran Pros and Aspiring Independent Filmmakers to Make Their Mark on the Next Generation of FilmmakingDivX, Inc.today announced the first ever DivX Film Festival, an online video festival devoted to creativity, storytelling and improving digital media. Hosted on DivX Stage6(TM) -- an online video sharing community site -- the contest invites veteran professionals and aspiring independent filmmakers to make their mark on the next generation of filmmaking. The DivX Film Fest...

The Cannes Market, Filmfestivals.com, MM2 Editions, Moving Pictures presentExplore the future of Cinema with the experts:Keynotes: introduction to the movie world of tomorrow by:A leading digital artist, Laurence GartelThe well known author of Darknet, Hollywood’s war against the digital generation, JD Lasica,Frank Otto, director of the first open source Rock Opera MovieA large panel to discuss the multiple aspects of the future of the film industry. Among the panellists:The producer of the on...