Coalition of P2P Sites to help independent filmmakers

Several of the largest bit-torrent network resources, including Mininov, Pirate Bay and isoHunt, have united in a coalition of file-sharing partners in an ambitious project in order to help filmmakers present their work to a wide audience. Founded by the director of the project “Get This Movie!”, Today VODO presented its first film.

Hollywood bosses don't read too much, and sometimes they just despise bittorent and file sharing. On the other hand, most independent musicians and cinematographers see new technologies as an ideal tool for free distribution of their works, and you can reach a much larger audience than with the help of classical offline methods.
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In an attempt to unite filmmakers with powerful resources for the distribution of the content of the file-sharing community, Jamie King, director of “Get This Movie!”, Launched VODO . The project includes partners that are well known to the file sharing community — such as Mininova, TPB, isoHunt, Miro, Vuze, and Frostwire, who have committed themselves to promoting the distribution of films participating in the VODO project.

Today, VODO announced the first release entitled “ We Now ”, a documentary film showing how “user” participation can change the model of government. It tells the stories of online networks, whose self-organizing structures promise to permanently change the structure of any government. Without a doubt, this is the perfect debut film, addressed to the file-sharing public. Currently, “We are now” is posted on Mininova , and is soon expected from other partners.

With strong support from the BitTorrent community, including former BitTorrent CEO Ashina Nawin and TPB founder Peter Sunde, VODO hopes to establish itself as the best brand for high-quality films distributed through file-sharing resources by interested users. On the other hand, directors will get an audience of millions of users, and the opportunity to earn income through donations that can be very profitable.

“Followers of some release groups are familiar with such a model. But VODO is a release group with a twist. Not only the artists themselves voluntarily distribute their work, downloads can make a voluntary donation to their creators. VODO allows authors to manage their own links to donations that they will receive directly without intermediaries, ”VODO representatives said.

In the near future, VODO are set to release at least a film a month, one of which will be the premiere of “At Guantanamo,” the debut documentary directed by David Miller. The film provides an unprecedented opportunity to visit the Guantanamo prison. “In 2010, VODO will build a whole range of commercial opportunities for filmmakers, with the 'free-to-spread' model as the core of the project,” King explained.

VODO is an important and ambitious new project that uses the capabilities of file-sharing networks to support independent artists and at the same time brings high-quality entertainment to the masses. This is P2P in its best quality, this is what P2P is intended for.

Posted : Oct 13, 2009
Posted by: Ernesto
Translation: Alx