Pirate Cinema
Cory Doctorow
A kid nicknamed “Cecil”, from
Bradley, England, gets his internet access cut off by the anti-piracy
lobbyists, after he is accused of copyright infringement. His passion is
remixing old clips of films and uploading them to the internet for all to see.
His family begin to lose control of their lives when they can no longer access
the internet to study and do their daily work, so under all this pressure,
Cecil leaves and runs away to London, where he continues making his films on
the run, showing them in sewers, and eventually on the walls of the Houses of
Parliament. He and his friend ‘26’ attempt to get the corrupt entertainment
industry to scrap bills on copyright laws, restricting them from creating and
remixing the films they love.
It’s a great book, full of twists
and is a very real life scenario, showing the corruption in the Government and
Entertainment industry. Plus, it is licensed under the Creative Commons Share
Alike Non-Derative license, and is available for a free download on Doctorow’s
website, http://craphound.com -- LordPankake
