To all those regular viewers out there (Hi you two!) who hate this bologna "in the news" crap, sorry.. but
here is one more (from Wired):
A sacked TV pilot about a large number of people who stay in touch through an underground data network has popped up on ... well, an underground data network.
The WB television network passed on the pilot for Global Frequency, a sci-fi adventure series based on the graphic novel by English scribe Warren Ellis.
But that didn't stop someone from leaking the pilot on the internet. The file eventually found its way into the BitTorrent network.
Over the last couple of weeks, enough people have downloaded and viewed the pilot online to give producers hope that TV executives might take a second look at the show.
Why am I making a fuss? Well, it's an interesting piece of news following my
previous post regarding the Supreme Court's Grokster decision. In that post I mention that the Supreme Court basically told P2P software companies they're fine as long as they don't
intentionally encourage people to download copyright material illegally. Further down in the Wired article linked above I found a quote from Morpheus CEO Michael Weiss:
[he] called the leak "just another positive example" of P2P.
Whoa there buddy. Watch your mouth.
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