Hacker Cinema
Good Copy Bad Copy
2007 · Film · documentary · 59 min
Directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, Henrik Moltke
Good Copy Bad Copy is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances.
4 positivefrom 4 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
Videos commenters linked
From YouTube links in the comments below. Most are clips and trailers; “Full” means the uploader says so.
4 comments on Hacker News
I recommend anybody fascinated by this rabbit hole check out the album "The Grey Album," the documentary "Good Copy, Bad Copy," and the album "1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)". Or just the Wikipedia articles for them to start. Amazing world.
If sampling to create new art were better protected, then cases like this wouldn't even come up. The documentary "Good Copy Bad Copy" was talking about this 12 years ago
I remember watching the great documentary "Good Copy Bad Copy." The most memorable fact from that movie is that Nigeria is the third largest film industry in the world. And, the film added that they are making films much more relevant to people from the African disaspora than Hollywood ever will, as Black Panther proves (it's the exception to the rule and took this long because Hollywood couldn't move any faster). I'm not doubtful that Hollywood isn't aware of this shift and will use the technologies, but the author's point that there is a lot of overhead which will need to be jettisoned to compete in the future is not something to ignore.
The documentary "Good Copy, Bad Copy" (a must-watch, by the way) has a segment on the Brazilian phenomenon called "Tecno Brega". You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2sv3jjJi8
Basically, the musicians give out free CDs of their music, and make money on live concerts. They treat the free music as advertising.
This is true, if you look at it: the experience of listening to a live music concert is totally different from that of listening to it on a pair of cans. The social aspect of sharing a live event has a lot of value on its own; if the musicians can monetize it well, it's a good revenue stream. There's no reason why the 100-year old technique of "frozen music" be the only way to earn a living.