N4H
12-12-2007, 09:08 PM
It's worth clicking the link for the trailer and full story here, but this is what I've been saying for a long time. Filesharing doesn't have to be seen as a bad thing by the creators of media, and there's a market for independent film makers on the internet. It's just in a baby stage right now is all.
Sci-Fi Producer Thanks File-Sharers for Downloading His Film
"Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth" sees ranking on IMDb MOVIEmeter go from #11,235 to #6 in two weeks, and the independent film is now ranked as the 14th best Sci-Fi film ever.
While the conundrum facing the film industry over Internet piracy heats up, one producer of an independent low-budget film has taken matters into his own hands.
The day after the November 13th DVD release of his film "Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth," producer Eric D. Wilkinson took the groundbreaking step to directly address users of P2P and file-sharing services. On the blog rlslog.net he thanked them for downloading his film. He also requested that they spread the word, buy the DVD, and donate money for their viewing to the film at Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth (http://www.manfromearth.com).
While Wilkinson, a home entertainment business veteran and Southern New Jersey native, hardly condones illegal downloading, he realized that the genie was already out of the bottle. Wilkinson figured it was better to embrace the phenomenon than try to fight it. "Am I upset... surprisingly no", Wilkinson commented to Releaselog | RLSLOG.net (http://www.rlslog.net). "Thanks to everyone who has downloaded this torrent and watched the film, our awareness level is through the roof. For that I say, 'Thank You'!" His posting has since spread to numerous blogs and websites and has inspired hundreds of responses from around the globe.
The film became available on file-sharing sites in the week before it was released on DVD. Reaction and enthusiasm for the film was fantastic. Between November 5th and 7th the Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth (http://www.manfromearth.com) website saw traffic increase by over 3,000%. On the Internet Movie Database the film's MovieMeter ranking - which gauges awareness of a title by measuring traffic to its IMDb entry - rose from #11,235 on October 28th to #144 on November 4th, peaking at #6 by November 11th. It's currently ranked as the 14th best Science-Fiction film ever.
Sci-Fi Producer Thanks File-Sharers for Downloading His Film (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9140/Sci-Fi+Producer+Thanks+File-Sharers+for+Downloading+His+Film)
Sci-Fi Producer Thanks File-Sharers for Downloading His Film
"Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth" sees ranking on IMDb MOVIEmeter go from #11,235 to #6 in two weeks, and the independent film is now ranked as the 14th best Sci-Fi film ever.
While the conundrum facing the film industry over Internet piracy heats up, one producer of an independent low-budget film has taken matters into his own hands.
The day after the November 13th DVD release of his film "Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth," producer Eric D. Wilkinson took the groundbreaking step to directly address users of P2P and file-sharing services. On the blog rlslog.net he thanked them for downloading his film. He also requested that they spread the word, buy the DVD, and donate money for their viewing to the film at Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth (http://www.manfromearth.com).
While Wilkinson, a home entertainment business veteran and Southern New Jersey native, hardly condones illegal downloading, he realized that the genie was already out of the bottle. Wilkinson figured it was better to embrace the phenomenon than try to fight it. "Am I upset... surprisingly no", Wilkinson commented to Releaselog | RLSLOG.net (http://www.rlslog.net). "Thanks to everyone who has downloaded this torrent and watched the film, our awareness level is through the roof. For that I say, 'Thank You'!" His posting has since spread to numerous blogs and websites and has inspired hundreds of responses from around the globe.
The film became available on file-sharing sites in the week before it was released on DVD. Reaction and enthusiasm for the film was fantastic. Between November 5th and 7th the Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth (http://www.manfromearth.com) website saw traffic increase by over 3,000%. On the Internet Movie Database the film's MovieMeter ranking - which gauges awareness of a title by measuring traffic to its IMDb entry - rose from #11,235 on October 28th to #144 on November 4th, peaking at #6 by November 11th. It's currently ranked as the 14th best Science-Fiction film ever.
Sci-Fi Producer Thanks File-Sharers for Downloading His Film (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9140/Sci-Fi+Producer+Thanks+File-Sharers+for+Downloading+His+Film)