Download Fahrenheit 9/11 Here
October 29, 2004 6:33 AM Subscribe
Download Fahrenheit 9/11 Here This guy wants you to see the Moore film and is willing to suffer a possible lawsuit in order to get it to you. Free.
"I'll see how my bandwidth holds up. Here is the initial release of my posting of Fahrenheit 9/11. It's big. Its 650 megs. So - if you are on a slow connection - don't even bother. Go rent the DVD. But if you have DSL or better - here it is."
Somewhat related, I just saw this on FactCheck.org:
Media Fund Twists the Truth More Than Michael Moore
Radio ad claims most air traffic was grounded when bin Laden's family was allowed to leave. Not true. In fact, the FBI questioned 22 of them and found no links to terrorism.
posted by dhoyt at 6:46 AM on October 29, 2004
Media Fund Twists the Truth More Than Michael Moore
Radio ad claims most air traffic was grounded when bin Laden's family was allowed to leave. Not true. In fact, the FBI questioned 22 of them and found no links to terrorism.
posted by dhoyt at 6:46 AM on October 29, 2004
No lawsuit worries. Moore approves of the download as long as you don't resell it.
posted by destro at 7:39 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by destro at 7:39 AM on October 29, 2004
in other news, 10 000 100 000 civilians dead in iraq
posted by mr.marx at 7:44 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by mr.marx at 7:44 AM on October 29, 2004
100 000 civilians dead in iraq
that'll teach them to have all those illegal wmd's
posted by matteo at 8:24 AM on October 29, 2004
that'll teach them to have all those illegal wmd's
posted by matteo at 8:24 AM on October 29, 2004
"I'll see how my bandwidth holds up?" Has this guy heard of bittorrent? Michael Moore already said publicly that he didn't mind people file-trading the film as long as they don't try to sell it. So what we have here is one computer idiot posting a film the wrong way, months after this was ever news. In other words: a complete non-post.
posted by scarabic at 8:32 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by scarabic at 8:32 AM on October 29, 2004
Here ya go XQUZYPHYR . It's only 5000 or so but I imagine that'll keep you busy for a while.
posted by Mitheral at 8:39 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by Mitheral at 8:39 AM on October 29, 2004
I downloaded it around the time it first came to theaters because I had a newborn and just paypaled Michael Moore the $9 for what I'd pay at Fandango.
posted by bkdelong at 8:40 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by bkdelong at 8:40 AM on October 29, 2004
Believe it or not, there's a lot of people who have not used bittorrent, or have not ever got it to work, or find downloading pieces of files on Usenet cumbersome. (Me.) For those people, the wmv and avi files are helpful.
However, from what I can see, this is one of those "filmed in a theater with a camcorder" productions, so the quality is horrible. Now that it's on DVD, why would someone not just go rent it for $3?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 8:44 AM on October 29, 2004
However, from what I can see, this is one of those "filmed in a theater with a camcorder" productions, so the quality is horrible. Now that it's on DVD, why would someone not just go rent it for $3?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 8:44 AM on October 29, 2004
I guess it's all the more shame that this fruit didn't rip a nice file from a DVD copy before he did this.
You should try bit torrent, SSF. It's architecture was specifically conceived for people in this guy's situation: have a big file to distribute globally, don't have a lot of bandwidth to do it. Because people downloading the file all simultaneously upload the pieces they've got so far to everyone else, effectively donating their bandwidth, the original file distributor only has to bear a small part of the load. It's a fantastic system that works incredibly well. I appreciate your reply, and I don't mean this as some kind of techno-elitism, but really, you should get on the bandwagon. It's going places that AVIs-on-webservers just can't go.
posted by scarabic at 9:03 AM on October 29, 2004
You should try bit torrent, SSF. It's architecture was specifically conceived for people in this guy's situation: have a big file to distribute globally, don't have a lot of bandwidth to do it. Because people downloading the file all simultaneously upload the pieces they've got so far to everyone else, effectively donating their bandwidth, the original file distributor only has to bear a small part of the load. It's a fantastic system that works incredibly well. I appreciate your reply, and I don't mean this as some kind of techno-elitism, but really, you should get on the bandwagon. It's going places that AVIs-on-webservers just can't go.
posted by scarabic at 9:03 AM on October 29, 2004
It's like people who use email to send large attachments.
posted by stbalbach at 9:38 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by stbalbach at 9:38 AM on October 29, 2004
Has this guy heard of bittorrent?
If you had followed the link, you would've seen that yes, he has, and he recommends using it. But he also provides downloads for those who don't have it.
posted by pmurray63 at 9:39 AM on October 29, 2004
If you had followed the link, you would've seen that yes, he has, and he recommends using it. But he also provides downloads for those who don't have it.
posted by pmurray63 at 9:39 AM on October 29, 2004
I'm simultaneously downloading 57 copies just to make sure i get a nice clean one.
posted by loquacious at 9:50 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by loquacious at 9:50 AM on October 29, 2004
"I'll see how my bandwidth holds up?" Has this guy heard of bittorrent? Michael Moore already said publicly that he didn't mind people file-trading the film as long as they don't try to sell it. So what we have here is one computer idiot posting a film the wrong way, months after this was ever news. In other words: a complete non-post.
ya gotta love it when scarabic gets all "jewish mother" on someone.
posted by quonsar at 9:57 AM on October 29, 2004
ya gotta love it when scarabic gets all "jewish mother" on someone.
posted by quonsar at 9:57 AM on October 29, 2004
The copy on his site is a telesync. That is, it looks like it was filmed in a movie theater, but there is little or no flicker. The quality is very bad. Considering the DVD is out, he could post a DVD rip and get better quality (and probably get away with more compression too, resulting in a smalller file).
posted by Potsy at 11:09 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by Potsy at 11:09 AM on October 29, 2004
Being unemployed and too cheap to spend the money, I'm grateful to Marc for making this available online.
posted by alumshubby at 11:39 AM on October 29, 2004
posted by alumshubby at 11:39 AM on October 29, 2004
Everyone says Michael Moore doesn't mind if you download; however, does Michael Moore even own Fahrenheit 9/11? I doubt it; it's mostly likely owned by a studio, and they certainly haven't authorized any copyright infringment.
posted by reverendX at 12:23 PM on October 29, 2004
posted by reverendX at 12:23 PM on October 29, 2004
Anyone with 15 minutes to spare, and 1/2 way descent knowledge of Google can find the F9/11 screener or DVD-rip available for download off some bitTorrent network.
Here, I'll even get you started.
posted by SweetJesus at 1:16 PM on October 29, 2004
Here, I'll even get you started.
posted by SweetJesus at 1:16 PM on October 29, 2004
If you had followed the link, you would've seen that yes, he has, and he recommends using it. But he also provides downloads for those who don't have it.
Okay, so I see the link to BoingBoing's July 8th torrent page. This guy just feels it's necessary to add a WMV copy for straight download. Aha. Cool. I wonder if he'll mail me a color-inkjet-printed flip-book of the movie, too, with a soundtrack I can pop in my tape recorder. Cause, you know, I don't know how to install a codec.
:P
[shits pants, dies]
posted by scarabic at 2:37 PM on October 29, 2004
Okay, so I see the link to BoingBoing's July 8th torrent page. This guy just feels it's necessary to add a WMV copy for straight download. Aha. Cool. I wonder if he'll mail me a color-inkjet-printed flip-book of the movie, too, with a soundtrack I can pop in my tape recorder. Cause, you know, I don't know how to install a codec.
:P
[shits pants, dies]
posted by scarabic at 2:37 PM on October 29, 2004
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