The Open Source Cinema is currently looking for mugshots of you for an upcoming movie that opposes restrictive copyright changes. Users are asked to use the Copyright Criminals photo plate to show that under certain copyright reform laws, you would become a criminal.Yesterday, we reported on the growing movement against copyright reform every time there is even mention of changing copyright laws in Canada. Now we have learned that there is a call for people to submit mugshots of themselves. It is not necessarily a contest, but if you care about the copyright laws in Canada and have a camera, this may be for you. How do people qualify? If you copy anything in any way, if you remix something, if you share something, if you back up DVDs, if you ever partaken in iPod parties, if you watch DVDs through a Linux machine, if you time shift, if you mix music, if you DJ your own web radio show, if you remix and photoshop pictures, if you make fun of something, etc. You too may become a "Copyright Criminal" in Canada under new laws. More from the site: So - are you a copyright criminal? We'll edit together these photo mug shots into the movie. While new copyright laws haven't been tabled yet in Canada, as we already noted, this won't be stopping this from being put together now. Just register on the site and submit your photo when you have your photo ready. About Open Source Cinema: Welcome to OpenSourceCinema.org, a collaborative documentary project to create a feature film about copyright in the digital age. Via BoingBoing |
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