Comments on: Mixed Messages and Hidden Agendas http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lachanon http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5875 Lachanon Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:31:37 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5875 The owners of the rights to Eyes on the Prize are naturally trying to protect their commercial interests as they stand to make money from DVD sales, but if they believed in the cause then they should happy for as many people to see this as possible, should they not? Schools and libraries will still purchase their DVDs, if they are ever released. P2P sharing will not affect that. Besides, good luck swimming against <a href="http://www.cachelogic.com/research/resource/slides/S3.jpg" rel="nofollow">the P2P tide</a>. The owners of the rights to Eyes on the Prize are naturally trying to protect their commercial interests as they stand to make money from DVD sales, but if they believed in the cause then they should happy for as many people to see this as possible, should they not? Schools and libraries will still purchase their DVDs, if they are ever released. P2P sharing will not affect that. Besides, good luck swimming against the P2P tide.

]]> By: fullnelson http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5874 fullnelson Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:24:10 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5874 Thanks so much for shedding light on who's behind this "controversy." Given that it's Black History Month, lots of blogs are running the Downhill Battle press release WITHOUT noting their overriding interest in changing copyright laws; the focus has been solely on the loss of the ability to view so important a chronicle of American history as "Eyes on the Prize." I knew something was fishy, and now I know to allow the responsible parties to work through the copyright clearance issues and to make the work available on their own timetable, without having their issues exploited and hijacked without their consent by Downhill Battle. Thanks so much for shedding light on who’s behind this “controversy.” Given that it’s Black History Month, lots of blogs are running the Downhill Battle press release WITHOUT noting their overriding interest in changing copyright laws; the focus has been solely on the loss of the ability to view so important a chronicle of American history as “Eyes on the Prize.” I knew something was fishy, and now I know to allow the responsible parties to work through the copyright clearance issues and to make the work available on their own timetable, without having their issues exploited and hijacked without their consent by Downhill Battle.

]]> By: arthur http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5873 arthur Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:33:47 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5873 Martin Luther King himself made some interesting copyright law in his day. He succeeded in establishing copyright to recordings of the "I have A Dream' speech several months after distributing it widely and encouraging publication in other places without any copyright notice. Martin Luther King himself made some interesting copyright law in his day. He succeeded in establishing copyright to recordings of the “I have A Dream’ speech several months after distributing it widely and encouraging publication in other places without any copyright notice.

]]> By: hehe http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5872 hehe Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:24:10 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5872 http://www.lokitorrent.com/torrents.php?search=eyes+on+the+prize&cat=0&incldead=0 http://www.lokitorrent.com/torrents.php?search=eyes+on+the+prize&cat=0&incldead=0

]]> By: bura virgil http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5871 bura virgil Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:22:43 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5871 i think comparing a documentary to a dramatic, revisionist movie by Spielberg is ridiculous...and since your article wrongly states the nephew of the film's director has protested-- you're not very accurate your views are sadly misinformed and full of speculation an executive producer's nephew lack of understanding that sales are not reduced by p2p actitivity is unfortunate try to remember to look in a mirror whenever your invective becomes so atrociously vile i think comparing a documentary to a dramatic, revisionist movie by Spielberg is ridiculous…and since your article wrongly states the nephew of the film’s director has protested– you’re not very accurate

your views are sadly misinformed and full of speculation

an executive producer’s nephew lack of understanding that sales are not reduced by p2p actitivity is unfortunate

try to remember to look in a mirror whenever your invective becomes so atrociously vile

]]> By: Jacob Zimmerman http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/01/28/mixed-messages-and-hidden-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 Jacob Zimmerman Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:40:09 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1582#comment-5870 Many thanks for the shout-out - I am said nephew. :-) Minor correction - My uncle was the Executive Producer for the series; there were many other directors for Eyes I and Eyes II; wouldn't want to short any of them their due for these wonderful films. In any case, it's a relief to see some out there have found their way to my own poor rants on the topic. I'd like to stress that my own hope is that Downhill Battle and whoever else has been organizing this event either find a legal means of continuing it (organize private showings of private copies, for example) or redirect their commendable energies towards simply fixing the problem at its source - contributing to the recent request for commentary by the US Copyright Office, for example, or organizing an alternative construction of Eyes from Blackside's archival footage donated to Washington University, for example. Cheers and thanks to everyone for their interest in Eyes no matter what the source, and please be assured that we're doing all we can to get a legal licensed DVD release of the films out the door! Many thanks for the shout-out – I am said nephew. :-) Minor correction – My uncle was the Executive Producer for the series; there were many other directors for Eyes I and Eyes II; wouldn’t want to short any of them their due for these wonderful films. In any case, it’s a relief to see some out there have found their way to my own poor rants on the topic. I’d like to stress that my own hope is that Downhill Battle and whoever else has been organizing this event either find a legal means of continuing it (organize private showings of private copies, for example) or redirect their commendable energies towards simply fixing the problem at its source – contributing to the recent request for commentary by the US Copyright Office, for example, or organizing an alternative construction of Eyes from Blackside’s archival footage donated to Washington University, for example. Cheers and thanks to everyone for their interest in Eyes no matter what the source, and please be assured that we’re doing all we can to get a legal licensed DVD release of the films out the door!

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