![]() But the powers-that-be haven't entirely reckoned with the power of a gripping movie to change people's minds….Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. When Trent McCauleys obsession for making movies by reassembling footage from popular films causes his homes internet to be cut off, it nearly destroys. ![]() Parliament is in power of a few wealthy media conglomerates. This brings him in touch with a demimonde of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity, making felons of millions of British citizens at a stroke. Shamed and shattered, Trent runs away to London, where he slowly learns the ways of staying alive on the streets. Except it does, and it nearly destroys his family. In the dystopian near-future Britain where Trent is growing up, this is more illegal than ever the punishment for being caught three times is that your entire household's access to the internet is cut off for a year, with no appeal. Trent McCauley is sixteen, brilliant, and obsessed with one thing: making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the net. ![]() ![]() I think a lot of readers will be sympathetic to the characters in this novel and their rebellion against the system. Illegal downloading, internet monitoring, increasingly Orwellian laws being passed with little debate in government. From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, Cory Doctorow, comes Pirate Cinema, a new tale of a brilliant hacker runaway who finds himself standing up to tyranny. In Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow addresses a lot of very real concerns, especially for today’s younger generation. ![]()
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