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This recent documentary is all about copyright, intellectual property rights, culture and the changing times. The greater part of the hour-long film is primarily on the music industry, but also covers filesharing, the film industry and legal issues both in the USA and other parts of the world (such as Sweden nd Nigeria). It features interviews with Danger Mouse, Girl Talk, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Lawrence Lessig from creative commons, and many others. These give their perspective on copyright, piracy, free culture and the way forward.

The film skips around the world, showing the changing attitudes toward art and culture in Nigeria, Sweden, Brazil, the UK, and the US, answering statements about incentives and creativity by the MPAA and IFPI by showing us real artists (like Danger Mouse and Girl Talk) making wonderful art, defying the current copyright standard in many of the world's richest countries.

It is clear that this is a vast subject; the law is inconsistent in all territories. TBC