Q: What the hell is this?
A: Abuse of Power is a parody of the MPAA's anti-piracy video that you are forced to watch every time you rent a commercial DVD. This is just our small way of saying "Fuck you, MPAA."
Q: Can I get a copy?
A: The video can be downloaded in various formats from the Internet Archive -- show it, share it, burn it, we don't care.
A: What about it? Our video is published under a Creative Commons license that allows you to do pretty much anything you want. If you're worried about protecting the so-called intellectual property of the media corporations that originally broadcast some of the images we used, then you should log out and go to work for the MPAA.
A: The tools and networks of the digital age offer great potential for participation, sharing and creativity, but media conglomeration and expanding copyright protections threaten our ability to speak using those tools. We need to educate ourselves about copyright law and resist the efforts of organizations like the MPAA and RIAA to curtail the rights of media consumers.
A: No, but we're not alone. The conventional wisdom is that things will only change when there is movement on three fronts: law, technology and popular practice - we hope this video will encourage others to become more active as users, creators and remixers of existing media.
A: Thanks, but if you want to send money to someone, send it to the Electronic Frontier Foundation - they're doing the real work. If you like the video, tell a friend.
A: Are you kidding - who would fund such a thing? The video cost about $65, including the font, a few sandwiches and a domain name - we lose that much in an hour at the dog track. I'm sure it could have been done better, but it couldn't have been done any cheaper.
A: It depends who's asking. Think of us as concerned citizens. If you want to talk, send us an e-mail.