Slacker Uprising - Michael Moore

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Michael Moore Says 'Free' Film Not Free to Foreigners?
By Warner Todd Huston (Bio Archive)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/10/07/michael-moore-says-free-film-not-free-foreigners

Left-wing, faux documentary filmmaker Michael Moore famously announced late last year that his newest film would be a "free" download on the Internet. He claimed that his new film was a "free" gift to all his fans. Apparently, he didn't really mean "all" his fans, though. It turns out that his lawyers have sent out a raft of letters to downloading services like www.PirateBay.org, www.TorrentFreak.com and www.BitTorrent.com to cease and desist allowing downloads for anyone outside of the U.S. and Canada because he wants to sell the film to foreign markets. I guess "free" is in the mind of the beholder?

Lawyers representing Slacker Uprising's international rights holder have sent letters to download sites telling them to remove access to the movie, file-sharing news site TorrentFreak reported.
The move - so far unsuccessful - appears to contradict Moore's earlier comments saying the film was "done entirely as a gift to my fans" and to inspire people "to get off the couch and give voting a chance". Moore implored viewers to "email it, burn it and share it with anyone and everyone."
Apparently, for all his claims that he is for all the little people of the world, Moore isn't so interested in offering his "free" film to foreigners.
Still, when asked for his reply to this story, Moore claimed that it was all "out of his hands." He claimed it was all the lawyers and not him. In the past he has also claimed that he was against copyright laws saying they are too "restrictive."
So, a mixed message from Michael Moore, for sure. On one hand he claims he's for open access to everyone else's efforts, yet on the other hand he limits that access to his own products.
So what does he really support? Most likely only what's good for Michael Moore.
(Photo credit: BBC.com)