Good Copy Bad Copy (subtitled Good Copy Bad Copy: A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture) is a 2007 documentary film about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances, directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke. It features interviews with many people with various perspectives on copyright, including copyright lawyers, producers, artists and filesharing service providers.FilmAffinity
Synopsis A central point of the documentary is the thesis that "creativity itself is on the line" and that a balance needs to be struck, or that there is a conflict between protecting the right of those who own intellectual property and the rights of future generations to create.
Content Artists interviewed include Girl Talk and Danger Mouse, popular musicians of the mashup scene who cut and remix sounds from other songs into their own (notably the latter artist's The Grey Album featuring music of The Beatles and Jay Z).AllMovieMichael Moore Should Watch This Documentary - VultureGirl Talk Announces First North American Tour in Eight Years - Rolling Stone The interviews with these artists reveal an emerging understanding of digital works and the obstacle to their authoring copyright presents.
Good Copy Bad Copy also includes interview segments with notable copyright activist and academic Lawrence Lessig.
Credits Girl Talk, Producer Dr Lawrence Ferrara, Director of Music Department NYU Paul V. Licalsi, Attorney Sonnenschein Jane Peterer, Bridgeport Music Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, NYU Danger Mouse, Producer Dan Glickman, CEO MPAA Gottfrid Svartholm, The Pirate Bay Fredrik Neij, The Pirate Bay Rick Falkvinge, Pirate Party Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons Ronaldo Lemos, Professor of Law Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Brazil Charles Igwe, Film Producer Lagos Nigeria Mayo Ayilaran, Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) Olivier Chastan, VP Records John Kennedy, Chairman International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Shira Perlmutter, Head of Global Legal Policy International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Peter Jenner, Sincere Management John Buckman, Magnatune Records Beto Metralha, Producer Belém do Pará Brazil DJ Dinho, Tupinambá Belém do Pará Brazil
Distribution Originally created for the Danish National Broadcasting Television network, the film was eventually released for free on the internet as a BitTorrent download. The filmmakers hope that releasing Good Copy Bad Copy for free will raise awareness and lead to other local broadcasting networks to show the documentary.Posts tagged Copyright at Download Squad
The documentary first appeared on The Pirate Bay and then it was officially released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license on the Blip.tv video sharing site.Good Copy Bad Copy on blip.tv
On 8 May 2008, Good Copy Bad Copy was shown on Swedish television station SVT2.
The documentary and an unofficial trailer are available on YouTube.
See also Alternative compensation system Fair use Mashup (music) Piracy is theft Plunderphonics Remix culture RiP!: A Remix Manifesto Steal This Film The Internet's Own Boy The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard
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