[FC-discuss] Catching Up With Nina Paley

[Rob Myers]

Via mlinksva:

http://blog.ninapaley.com/2008/12/28/sitas-distribution-plan/

"while making one DVD pressing of 4,999 copies, I will place
promotional files of the entire film - at all resolutions, including
broadcast-quality, HD, and film-quality image sequences - online at
archive.org and as many mirror hosts as volunteer to share it. I will
license it either as Creative Commons Share-Alike, or some equivalent
of the GNU/Linux license. This will prevent it and any derivative
works from ever being copyrighted by anyone. Of course this license
won't apply to the songs, which will remain under copyright by their
respective corporate overlords. But clearing the licenses first will
decriminalize it, and make it safer to screen in theaters (and
theaters will be free to screen it and charge for it without
obligation to me). The free online copies are promotional copies."

- Rob.