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Repo Man’s Alex Cox: The Copyright Industry is Corrupt, Go Pirate

repo manWhen the copyright industry is lobbying for tougher anti-piracy laws and extended copyright terms, they say it’s in the best interest of the artists.

But is it really, if these artists have to sign away their copyrights to billion dollar companies?

The Quietus ran an interview with Repo Man writer/director who has some thoughts of his own on the matter.

“It’s so corrupt. Now they want to have longer copyright periods because they say the young artists are relying on this money. The young artists never see any money because they sign away that money to big media corporations, like Universal and Viacom.”

“We, the artists, lose all of our rights to these massive corporations, who then come down heavy on these kids for downloading films and music that we never see a penny from.”

“It’s complete bullshit. I want to encourage your audience to go and pirate a bunch of my stuff right away.”

Amen.

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  • Universal Soldier

    Cool.. Lets start downloading..
    Oops I forgot, downloading is already going on..

  • David Leegwater

    So true

    there should be a law which protects artist against great entertainment corporations

    • Anonymous

      and customers.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Amak1131 Samuel Anderson

      Good luck outlawing America. We’re a malignant tumor you can’t get rid of.

      • Camilo

        As your president said, Yes. We. Can. Just wait a few decades and see where America will be.

        Now, to be honest, I’m more afraid of China taking over (as a big amount of the US is China’s property, according to the millions owed). In all honesty, we’re pretty bad with the US, but will be worse with China. It’s like a competition of which gets to be the closer to the bottom.

        • http://www.facebook.com/ValhallaLegend Andrew Lee

          How low can you go lol but seriously you should not worry about that. Our governments are just a illusion. The super elites run this planet and they’re probably kicking back laughing at all the chaos. “It would be pointless to have all that power if there is nobody under you to be your bitch.” Sadly this is how they view us all :/

  • discordian

    I would urge Alex to re-release Repo Man on Bluray so I can follow his instructions and pirate a HD copy.

    • Anonymous

      no, re-release the original on The Pirate Bay… *evil laugh*

      • Anonymous

        Assuming he had the rights, it would be a great statement. If he didn’t it would be a greater statement. I would LOVE to see the MPAA go after a director for infringing copyright on his own movie.

        • Nihil Quest (metal band)

          Great idea. Someone needs to be the first. Trent Reznor seems to be on a right track already, as he’s seeding some stuff on Pirate Bay.

        • Anonymous

          Well, the RIAA did it to Britney Spears downloading her own songs :)

    • NNM

      There’s a HD copy around already, the BluRay was released in the UK last week.

  • Guest

    Hurray. The world is finally waking up!

  • Mwhahaha

    Let’s get downloading his films and then get caught,
    Then we can call him as a witness and expose the hypocrisy of major studios in court.

    • chojin

      You go first, I’m right behind you… I swear!

  • http://twitter.com/ahm Avery

    “While he once directed films for Universal Pictures, such as Repo Man and Walker, since the late 1980s, he has found himself on a self-described blacklist, and turned to producing independent films.”

    I thought so…

    • O’lay Pirate

      Does anyone know where I can find good independent films?

      The Hunt for Gollum was a great quality indie film … I want to see films like that but the indie films I come across seem to be 1970s bollywood movies O_o

      • http://twitter.com/ahm Avery

        There are a lot of good indie movies on http://mubi.com/ but many of them cost money. For torrents, try the KG tracker…

  • BlueCollarCritic

    This is a start but more Hollywood people who aren’t part of the executive in crowd need to speak out about this same hypocrisy.

  • http://torrentfreak.com/ Rob8urcakes

    It’s always good to hear a dissenting voice of REAL experience speak out against this HUGELY corrupt and corrupting ‘content industry’.

    Our fight-back for freedom from these insane industrialists in the MAFIAA.org is still young and many artistes who would fall prey to the industry power and influence need to hear more such voices of wisdom.

    The end-users or consumers also need to hear your message too Alex, so hopefully many more of your colleagues will also speak out and do so “on the record” (no pun intended, lol).

    But hey, thanks for speaking out – many of us already know you speak the Truth.

  • The guy

    Pirating in progress, and if these companies crackdown on anyone pirating your things Alex, we have your permission.

  • http://www.facebook.com/drebin Scott Snow

    smart guy

  • drebin

    alex cox is my friend’s uncle

  • Alyssa Blindy

    He wants people to pirate his stuff? Interesting.

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  • Ted the aka

    Finally, someone in that Hollywood crowd who sees beyond the deception.

    Thank you Mr. Cox.

    Repo Man is one of my favorite films. Good work!

    Alex Cox = Hero

    Love and Respect,

    A Filesharer, aka Thief/Criminal, aka Terrorist, aka U.S. Government Priority No. 1

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  • Wobblymatt

    [#a.b.hdtv.x264@EFNet]-[ Repo.Man.1984.1080p.BluRay.x264-CiNEFiLE
    Super ;)

  • Shalltheedie

    The worst thing I can possibly see happening is all of Mr. Repo Man’s work now being watched and logged. Anyone who falls for this is about as dumb as the people who read it, myself included. Why is everyone so hung up on what Big Media or record labels do with their contracts, amongst other things. The artist is supposed to read the contract. If their education taught them anything, they should at least have enough knowledge to read a bunch of paper, google the ‘big’ words, understand what they are getting into and all that bullshit. If they have to sign their life away for a few hundred grand-millions, and then bitch about what they aren’t getting later on, then they should have considered that before signing. I swear, idiots are so hung up on material nowadays it is freaking ridiculous. Then to top it off, they spew out trash. With the entire www at the click of a button, in multiple forms, it should NOT be that hard to get out there on your own and actually earn what you believe you so rightly deserve.

    • Pese

      the problem is not that artists are idiots who cant read, problem is that there are no better options available, you either choose to get 1%-5% of something or you get nothing. Media companies have all the money all the contacts. And if that 1-5% is potentially millons of dollars, wouldnt you choose to get millions or get next to nothing.

    • 1ofmillions

      IDIOT

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  • B6510963

    What I REALLY want to know is HOW we can support the artists we love? I know with musicians its better to buy merchandise and go to concerts. But with directors, actors, etc — what can be done to more directly support work we love? I wish they would leave out virtual tip jars or something.

  • 1ofmillions

    Does any one know where I can send Mr. Cox some money for allowing me to watch HIS movie? I will gladly pay HIM for this privilege.

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