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anyone selling or offering this up, be careful...

posted 20 years ago by bootlegcopy
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I don't know how true this is, so take it for what you want, but I have a friend who studied film in a Massachusetts college and when I told him I got a copy of this, he asked me from where, and told me that it's dangerous to bootleg Frederick Wiseman movies, because seven days after you see them, you die. I'm kidding. Seriously, from what this guy told me, he is an advocate against pirating and will persecute to the fullest extent if someone catches you. He's been looking for some of his other movies like High School, but is unable to find them because traders/pirates are afraid to offer them up. Again, I don't know how true this is, but you're doing it out in the open and I don't want to see anyone get busted if it's true. Take if for what you like.

[–] KEITHofC 19 years ago

I assume you mean that he will “prosecute to the fullest extent of the law” not “persecute to the fullest extent.”

That could get ugly.

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[–] pathstoleavinglasdolcevi 19 years ago

Hey, whats your soulseek screen name?

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[–] Studman_Productions 18 years ago

Canada?

[–] sartrejp 19 years ago

In post-Reagan America, they prosecute only after they persecute: it's called "learning a lesson." Your tax dollars as confetti.

[–] eddie-177 19 years ago

If he's too good to release the film commercially then I say he has no right to complain about pirated copies.

[–] hodie 19 years ago

I could almost swear I recorded this doc on my old VCR years ago when it was on public television but I can't find it. I KNOW I watched it. It's pretty disturbing, not exploitation, just a straight things-as-they-were doc as I recall.

Wiseman qould get a better response if he dropped the price and stopped messing around with rentals-only-at-exorbitant prices.

And I'm pretty sure it's not at my local library.

Oh well. There is something weird about having a *movie* charged at prices like his (hundreds of dollars and rental only). I guess people are paying it, though.

"The sow is MINE!"

[–] knightsmadness 19 years ago

I've seen this shared openly on trackers and forums that don't allow copyrighted material that would be illegal to distribute, so I strongly doubt trading is his problem.

Making extra cash for yourself off of his work is most likely it.

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[–] Philip_90 8 years ago

Wiseman is the one at fault for this to have happened because if he'd released it to the public on DVD piracy wouldn't be needed.

Btw, Titicut Follies is available on Amazon for $34 which seems overpriced for an old DVD.