I’ll use this post as a place to record STEAL THIS FILM II coverage I have noticed. Usually this means it will be a substantial post or a well-known publication.
(I note that many blogs and online publications simply re-iterate all or part of the text from the front page of STEALTHISFILM.COM, and/or Wikipedia, and/or BoingBoing. [...]
Raw numbers can’t convey the excitement of releasing STEAL THIS FILM II at the end of 2007, but here they are anyway: in the first 4 days there have been approximately 150,000 downloads (we haven’t checked how many views there have been on bittorrent.com, Stage6, Joox, YouTube, Google Video and everywhere else the film has [...]
I’m transcribing part of a chapter from The Exemplary Society, Imitation in Western And Chinese Thought (This transcription will be lengthening and improving as I am able to add to it.)
Two pieces on counterfeiting of cars in China. Note in the first piece posted here, academic Stephen Mihm describes how 150 years ago, the USA was also a counterfeit economy, ripping off everything from books to gin. Mihm (Ph.D. New York University, 2003; Assistant Professor of History) is the author of A Nation of Counterfeiters: [...]
This theme park, located in the Shijingshan District ofBeijing, China, first opened in 1986. It is owned and operated by the Shijingshan District government. The park has been featured in international media this year for having made unauthorized use of Japanese and American cartoon characters. From Wikipedia (Dec 2007):
according to a report originally broadcast on Fuji TV’s FNN News, the park features a [...]
Found an interesting blog on counterfeit and trademark violation in China here: http://pincheschinos.blogspot.com/. Really great images.