Thursday, December 22, 2005

Films on people's movements

Soumitra Dastidar <soumitra_dastidar at rediffmail.com> is a documentary film-maker from Kolkata (the city formerly known as Calcutta) and has been making films on people's movements since 1999. Soumitra's documentaries include GENOCIDE AND AFTER and OUR DAYS WITH MAOIST GUERILLAS.

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I am sure that most documentary film makers do not have a hassle if people circulate their work. But it is important to remember that unless you state explicitly that people have a right to do so, to use your work etc it is presumed that they do not have a right to do so.

-- Lawrence Liang, lawyer and supporter of CreativeCommons.org from Bangalore.

One of the biggest problems faced by documentary film makers in India has been the question of circulation and distribution. This is an issue which has been discussed in a number of meetings as well as on electronic mailing-lists in cyberspace. If the work were available freely (again note this does not mean that you cannot charge for the documentary, but means that a person who has bought a copy may make a copy and distribute it to others), there would a far greater circulation of documentaries amongst other film makers, students, activists, scholars and general public.

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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Films on people's movements

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I am sure that most documentary film makers do not have a hassle if people circulate their work. But it is important to remember that unless you state explicitly that people have a right to do so, to use your work etc it is presumed that they do not have a right to do so.

-- Lawrence Liang, lawyer and supporter of CreativeCommons.org from Bangalore.

-- Lawyer Lawrence Liang, Bangalore, arguing for a case of CreativeCommons.org based distribution of documentary film in India.