Brooklyn-based cartoonist Nina Paley takes a novel approach to distributing her latest masterpiece: http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/17/f-sita-sings-the-blues.html [1] "I thought about it a good long time before I did it," Paley said in an email to CBC news. "The decision was motivated by both stick and carrot. Stick: the conventional distribution system isn't working any more; independent filmmakers make virtually no money via commercial distributors anyway; copyright today functions as censorship. Carrot: letting people share the film gives it the widest possible exposure and outsources the otherwise expensive and laborious work of distribution, archiving and promotion to the audience; freedom feels great."
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[1] http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/17/f-sita-sings-the-blues.html