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Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
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Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the HD version: http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/44915/609/269043775.mp4?token2=14053...
Shouldn't we play fair with them? Although you can use that link to download it (yep, it works), where is the point to don't keep it to ourselves? Heck, I understand we all want to see when we want because we have better things to do now or not enough time. Regardless, I don't think we should ruin from starters their commercial project. I mean, it's not even a DRM. Just a weak misleading protection layer from Vimeo f…
Agree... leave them make some money
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, downloading the video from Vimeo doesn't cost the project anything. And if I like the video, then I can support them by paying. I don't see any upside to taking on the risk myself. Also, if someone genuinely can't afford the price, they can still enjoy the video. That seems like a net win for society.
Yes, you can download it and support them by paying later. I agree. But... I see no point into publishing the direct stream link. Although it's funny due what the movie is about, I think it creates some disadvantages for them. I hope they took in mind this and they don't feel threatened by this behavior.
The stream link will go down at the same time that the movie gets pulled from vimeo.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#44I guess I don't understand how the title and subtitle are linked. The synopsis and trailers don't talk about algorithms at all. Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up? While I understand that mono uses the .ex…
>Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up? Because most of 'us' stopped complaining about that ten years ago. The meaning of words change.
Stopped complaining when laypersons misuse it, sure. But can't we keep the real meaning within our own nomenclature? When I go to a hackathon I expect to be building something.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, you can download it and support them by paying later. I agree. But... I see no point into publishing the direct stream link. Although it's funny due what the movie is about, I think it creates some disadvantages for them. I hope they took in mind this and they don't feel threatened by this behavior.
The stream link will go down at the same time that the movie gets pulled from vimeo.
I know but it doesn't invalidate my point.
No matter how long, more "leechers" are going to abuse the system instead of a few "geeks" with the knowledge.
Sure, if the timespan is short, almost no damages will be taken. Unless it gets distributed through other networks. If they didn't expected this, they may be upset.
Hey, even maybe this was the main purpose, to go viral. Who knows. I just wanted to share how I felt to see the stream link published.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#46Was it any good?
It was good, but I was a little lost with the ending... Anybody else have that problem?
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the HD version: http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/44915/609/269043775.mp4?token2=14053...
Shouldn't we play fair with them? Although you can use that link to download it (yep, it works), where is the point to don't keep it to ourselves? Heck, I understand we all want to see when we want because we have better things to do now or not enough time. Regardless, I don't think we should ruin from starters their commercial project. I mean, it's not even a DRM. Just a weak misleading protection layer from Vimeo f…
That's hilarious, because from what I've seen so far in the first 30 minutes of the movie, the main characters would have no qualms about bypassing the protections.
I'm hoping that the movie gets better, but so far it's espousing the teenage-wannabe-god version of being a hacker.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, downloading the video from Vimeo doesn't cost the project anything. And if I like the video, then I can support them by paying. I don't see any upside to taking on the risk myself. Also, if someone genuinely can't afford the price, they can still enjoy the video. That seems like a net win for society.
Yes, you can download it and support them by paying later. I agree. But... I see no point into publishing the direct stream link. Although it's funny due what the movie is about, I think it creates some disadvantages for them. I hope they took in mind this and they don't feel threatened by this behavior.
> But... I see no point into publishing the direct stream link.
I do: now I can watch the movie on my TV instead of my computer screen. With my current setup, having a naked mp4 file is the only way for me to easily do this.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
The stream link will go down at the same time that the movie gets pulled from vimeo.
I know but it doesn't invalidate my point. No matter how long, more "leechers" are going to abuse the system instead of a few "geeks" with the knowledge. Sure, if the timespan is short, almost no damages will be taken. Unless it gets distributed through other networks. If they didn't expected this, they may be upset. Hey, even maybe this was the main purpose, to go viral. Who knows. I just wanted to share how I felt…
Ah, I actually expected this to happen so I guess I wasn't affected the same way. If you check the pirate bay, you can find every mainstream movie no matter how much DRM there is on it. So it doesn't surprise me that a video posted online got ripped off already. Also, it's been proven in multiple studies that piracy doesn't hurt a project's bottom line, so I hope they're not too worried about that.
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#50Now if only I wasn't at work right now... The premise of the movie seems pretty interesting I love the profit-share model, and the motivation behind creating the film: "At the core of ALGORITHM’s plot are the questions that are shaking up the tech world to it’s very core, and the nations of the world right along with them: privacy, human rights, the place of government in the lives of citizens, the value and power of…
The business model for ALGORITHM is based on the models of tech startups as described in The Lean Startup. It’s a profit-share agreement, giving everyone who works on the movie a vested interest in the success of the project. All profits get shared by the artist who actually made it happen. Lots of indie movies are put together this way. It's industry code for 'work for free.' I own a percentage of several feature fi…
See also: Monkey Points: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_points