Paramount Pictures To Release Film On Bittorrent 178
TheyreNotTheir writes "In a little over two months time, the long-awaited horror movie The Tunnel will receive its world premiere. Rather than a traditional theatrical release, the movie – which is set in abandoned real-life tunnels under Sydney, Australia – will make its debut online for free with BitTorrent. Simultaneously it will be released on physical DVD, to be distributed by Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures."
MPAA will not care (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Putyour money were your mouth is! (Score:5, Interesting)
BOARDROOM, INT. DAYTIME
Henchman 1: I know! Let's release a piss poor movie on BitTorrent, asking for donations. When it fails we'll prove it's a failed model!
MPAA Bossman: Brilliant! But... which movie shall we release?
Henchman 1: ???
Henchman 2: ???
Henchman 3: ???
MPAA Bossman: Ha ha, you should see the looks on your faces. *throws a dart at the board* They're all piss poor!
All: Huzzah!
Re:Will it leak? (Score:5, Interesting)
The more important question is - how will you know it's okay to download it? I mean, what differentiates one movie on bit torrent versus another? It sounds like this just muddies things. After all, if one movie is okay to download on bit torrent (and I don't know what would identify it as being authorized to download by the copyright holder when you're looking at a torrent index) and a movie that isn't?
Re:MPAA will not care (Score:2, Interesting)
So encourage all your friends, family etc who never (as opposed to 'never') download movies to grab it, and watch it at one of their places. Go go gadget red herring :)