SpiralTruth

My German isn’t that great, but with the help of Babelfish and this update, I gather that the reasons we are not currently enjoying the first Creative Commons licensed, full feature length HD film already are as follows: (a) The December 2008 date was intended more as an internal deadline, not an absolute release date. They now have 2009 advertised as the release year on their site. If you’re like me, and have been waiting 15+ years for Chinese Democracy (finally released this November), it’s not a really big deal to miss a release by under 12 months, so I say we cut them some slack. (b) Sounds like they still need a bit more funding, possibly via sponsorships. They also have a donation form set up on their site that is currently $9K short of their expenses for the film. So if you want to see the movie out, a donation would probably help. That said, I think if this sort of model is to actually flourish, it can’t rely completely on a donation model, so hopefully other forms of funding, such as sponsorships pan out. Perhaps they could also offer to list all the people who donate in the credits of the movie. Let’s face it. Pure altruism is hard to come by and there’s nothing wrong with trying to find a win-win situation for people donating to your project. The economic crisis isn’t helping, of course. Isn’t it a shame that we’re bailing out all these companies who have been mismanaging like crazy and yet these guys are actually making something cool and can’t get their hands on a few thousand. (c) Time needing to be spent on other projects by the same people working on this one. I imagine those other projects are likely ones that pay. Sounds like things are coming along, though, and I think we really have to give these guys props for even attempting a project like this for a Creative Commons release. I’m looking forward to more news and the eventual release.