June 15, 2007

From the iSummit: Wrecking a Film

Filed under: music — Wendy @ 4:34 am

“We knew we were a real film when we had pirates.” Samuli Torssonen, Star Wreck Studios, on the appearance and sale in Russia and China of copies of the free, CC’d online film “Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning.” The film was first posted online, for free, and downloaded 5 million times, before winning a commercial contract for DVD sale.

Stephen Lee adds to the community story. The film itself had more than 300 participants in the credits; it has been fan-subtitled in 30 languages, including Klingon.

1 Comment

  1. The photo links through to

    ttp://wendy.seltzer.org/photos/07Dubrovnik/star-wreck.jpg

    instead of

    http://wendy.seltzer.org/photos/07Dubrovnik/star-wreck.jpg

    Comment by Anonymous — June 15, 2007 @ 5:55 am

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