The Oscars, p2p style ;P
p2pnet.net News:- There’s a new Oscars night coming up. It’s online. And it has sod-all to do with the official Tinseltown glitzorama.
“Think of a new business model that doesn’t involve overpriced pieces of plastic and skanky cinemas hawking cheap carbohydrates while relying on $6/hr projectionists who can’t keep a film in focus – not to mention insulting your audiences by (to pick a few examples) surveilling us with nightvision glasses, searching bags, 30 minutes of commercials and bombarding us with ridiculous anti-piracy propaganda,” says OscarTorrents.
Heresy ! ! !
Why restrict the voting to a few bought-off jurors when the whole world can have their say? – it asks.
Why indeed?
“OscarTorrents is the Oscars as it should be,” says the post, going on, “everyone can download the year’s nominations using the popular BitTorrent service, watch the movies, then use our rating system to choose their favourites.
Behind it is the League of Noble Peers of Steal This Film fame.
“Once you’ve watched a film, you can vote on it – but please, do watch before you vote!” – say the league. “On Oscars night, we’ll post your results right along with the ‘official’ ones. Of course this is the way it should be done now that movie distribution is almost free. Hollywoodland might not like it, but some people always have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future.”
And, “To all intellectual property landlords: we are aware that OscarTorrents might annoy you – but contain your righteous indignation for a while, and think: we’re only linking to torrents that already exist. Face it: your membrane has burst, and it wasn’t us who burst it. Your precious bodily fluids are escaping.”
Adds OscarTorrents:
“OSCARTORRENTS�, and the OSCAR THE PIRATE� statuette design mark are the unregistered marks of the League of Noble Peers. No �2007. Nothing to do with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences & ABC, Inc. All Rights Reversed. The Official Oscars is a sham produced by villiains in partnership with the cult of celebrity. By accessing this site you’re probably comitting a felony somewhere – but let your own idea of what is right and wrong be your guide.”
(Thanks, Jazz ; )
Also See:
League of Noble Peers – Steal This Film: Thanks : ), August 25, 2006
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February 11th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Just a thought, they might decrease the font size just a little.
February 12th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Did you screwed up? Slyck says this is a The Pirate Bay thing.
February 25th, 2007 at 5:48 pm