Today I read that one can watch Michael Moore\’s Fahrenheit 9/11 for $9.95 on a pay-per-view basis:
Voters in the US will be able to log on to the net tonight and download Michael Moore\’s controversial documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, for some topical election-time viewing. Net movie provider CinemaNow is making the film available on a pay-per-view basis as of this evening, The BBC reports.
I have seen the film today on ORF and would assume, that it is a mistake to let people pay for that film. My arguments are towards providing that piece of master-work under a license like the Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial of Creative Commons to bring as many as possible before the movie players 😉 Finally, those having seen that film, would possibly play an important role in the upcoming elections; especially those in the swing states. Just an idea.
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/01/politics_us_movies/
Update: I obviously did not have all facts while writing the above as you can read in a post on DRM News [2].
[2] http://drmnews.com/archives/2004/10/27/download-fahrenheit-911/
