Michael Moore Changes His Tune About Piracy, Becomes Big Giant Hypocrite
Here’s Michael Moore as quoted last week:
“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people,” said Moore when asked about pirating. “I make these books and movies and TV shows because I want things to change, so the more people that get to see them the better, so I’m happy when that happens. I think information and art, ideas should be shared.”
Now here’s Michael Moore as quoted this week:
...for Moore, even piracy has its limits, especially when it comes to the timing, quality and source of the bootleg.
“Every filmmaker intends for his film to be seen on the big screen,” Moore said. “This wasn’t a guy taking a video camera into a theater. This was an inside job, a copy made from a high-quality master and could potentially impact the opening weekend boxoffice. Who do you think benefits from that?”
When asked about accusations that he may have leaked the film himself for publicity purposes, Moore scoffed at the notion:
“Oh no. The (Weinstein) brothers are devastated.”
Gotta love that kind of 180 degree turn-around. One minute he’s ok with his “art” being downloaded and shared all over the internet, now he’s upset that someone leaked a copy of his film to the internet.
I guess Mike’s concern about his bottom line trumped his socialist ideology, just as I predicted it would in my post over the weekend where I posted his film in it’s entirety.
Since Moore has clearly changed his tune, and since I do actually respect his rights to control the distribution of his own intellectual property, I’ve taken his film down.
And now I’m calling him a hypocrite.
