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...Ethical Tool A burglar's Leatherman in a surgeon's pocket raises many complicated questions
...more than ever mysteriously immune to the charms of Kiera Knightley, his presence too often buried under the weight of witless special effects; and, of course, there was Snakes on a Plane, which more or less definitively proved that Internet buzz is not necessarily a reliable selling tool for a movie...
...this particular case, De Kort's lack of tech savvy works for him - a flashy presentation of his bare-bones case would make his video look like a PR tool rather than an earnest documentary. And his mere presence makes the video more immediate than a faceless blog entry would be - it's an original production, not a series of cut and pasted snippets from elsewhere...
...People are accepting that this is an activism tool that can help create change. It's not a distribution system that maximizes profit, so it wouldn't work for Hollywood. Think about it: every house party we hold requires just one person to buy a DVD because we're not charging anyone to watch the film at people's homes. Hollywood is not running to embrace a model for social change. I'm not sure anybody's found a way to monetize...
...four-year-and-three-month sentence surprised even those who expected little more than a sham trial; lawyers here agree that similar charges rarely elicit a jail sentence of more than a year. "Chen's case typifies how some local officials can take the law as a personal tool for revenge," says Teng Biao, a university lecturer who has been part of Chen's legal defense team. "This reflects the worrisome situation in a country that is supposed to be governed by rule...