Paulo Coelho wants to redeem the rights to The Interview and distribute it to everyone for free

As you know, Sony succumbed to blackmail hackers and did not release the now scandalous film The Interview. But unexpectedly, Paulo Coelho , a famous writer and favorite of romantics, the author of the best-selling book "The Alchemist", sold 165 million copies, expressed a desire to buy the rights to the film and distribute it to everyone for free. “I offer Sony $ 100,000 for the rights to“ The Interview ”to post it on my blog for free.” The author confirmed this statement to the TorrentFreak resource, and said that in case of a successful transaction, he would distribute the movie via BitTorrent.

“As a writer, it is very important for me to fight for freedom of information and distribution. You can not sag under threats. And we can not excuse the behavior of Sony, which is under the threat of "terrorist attacks," withdrew the release of the film. " Perhaps one hundred thousand is a meager amount compared with the expected profit of one hundred million . However, the proposal comes from the author, who knows how to turn the torrents in their favor. Coelho is not opposed to his work downloaded for free. Moreover, when the publishers did not agree to give “on trial” his work to everyone, he himself laid out his works in torrents and on file-sharing resources.

“The ultimate goal for the writer is to be read. Money comes second, ”says the author. Other writers should think about this. Perhaps, if the work is good - it will become popular and will make a profit, even if you do not protect it from the so-called. "Pirates". The author himself is sure that such a distribution only helps him. “My latest novel, Adulter, broke all records this year, and I’m sure that one of the reasons for this is a lot of its copies on P2P websites.”