[FSUG-Bangalore] steal the film and meet jamie king

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

The Centre for Internet and Society and Pedestrian Pictures  
cordially invite you to the screening of 
Steal This Film by Jamie King


The director will be present at the screening to anchor the post film
discussion.

Film: Steal This Film (TV Cut) A new edit combining Steal This Film and
Steal This Film II, which hasn't been previously released or screened.

Date and Time:
Saturday, November 8, 2007
17:30 - 19:00 hrs.

Venue:
The Centre for Internet and Society
D-2, Third Floor, Shariff Chambers (Wockhardt hospital building)
Cunningham Road,
Bangalore


(For directions to the venue call, CIS on  +91 80 4092 6283.)

More about the film:
'Steal this Film' is a documentary series (which are available for free
download online) about the culture of piracy and issues
surrounding intellectual property, and the cultural and economic
implications of the Internet.

It has been selected for screening at Sheffield International
Documentary Film Festival, South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in
Austin, Texas, the Singapore International Film Festival, and the
International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Links:
http://www.stealthisfilm.com/ <http://www.stealthisfilm.com/> 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Film
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Film> 
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/29/steal-this-film-part.html
<http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/29/steal-this-film-part.html> 

More about the director:
Jamie King is a film maker, writer and activist working enthusiastically
in the area of new media, post-IP culture and social
organisation. A former editor of Mute Magazine, lobbyist at the UN,
journalist at ITN News, and consultant for Channel 4 Television, Jamie
is now focused on radical approaches to sharing, exchange and
co-operation indicated by network technologies across a variety of
media.

Co-organiser of the 2003 WSIS? We Seize! counter-UN summit, Jamie
continues to be involved in highlighting the importance of information
politics in the social movements. STEAL THIS FILM I and II,
documentaries exploring the uncertain future of intellectual property,
have been downloaded over 4 million times via BitTorrent and featured at
numerous international film festivals.


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Pedpics is unstoppable in November - nearly 20 films will be screened
throughout the month! Besides this screening on Nov 8, there will be two
film festivals this month, more announcements soon.

-- 
www.pedestrianpictures.org <http://www.pedestrianpictures.org/> 

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