I should admit that you are right and Moore's movie don't violate professional copyright ethics. In both - its letter and its spirit.
What you might see as stealing, I see as an homage.
Still, in my not at all humble opinion, it do violates a human ethics. I don't see this episode as a question of courtesy. I see it as dishonest manipulation, as immoral sucking on someone else fame and deeds. As exploitation. Very little exploitation. But absolutely normal for Moore
For those who see Moore as a hero it isn't so. But I will stake my ethernal life on a claim that Moore is both - a horrible human being and a horrible artist.
"Exploitation" is a hard term to define here. Whatever you or I think, there exists the exact set of motivations that moved Moore to name his movie Farenheight 9/11. Both of us are making educated guesses about his motivation, but they are just that - guesses. Judgement calls.
I have no idea what kind of human being Moore is. I am not sure it matters. I do not know if he is a horrible artist. I do not see him as such, but this is a matter of personal tastes, which, we know, differ. He is controvercial at the mildest. His work has one very important property: he gets his point across. He does not pull his punches.
It all seems to boil down to the question of whether one agrees with his personal politics. I do, at this point of his and my visions of the world. As I mentioned, I will go see it the moment it comes out.
Having said this, I will admit that I do not expect that I will agree with every single aspect of that movie and/or every single point he is making there. At the same time, I do not need Moore to tell me what is going to be wrong with four more years of Bush (for at least two reasons). At the same time, there are other people who might need just that.
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My key thought is, where do you draw the line?
I should admit that you are right and Moore's movie don't violate professional copyright ethics. In both - its letter and its spirit.
What you might see as stealing, I see as an homage.
Still, in my not at all humble opinion, it do violates a human ethics. I don't see this episode as a question of courtesy. I see it as dishonest manipulation, as immoral sucking on someone else fame and deeds. As exploitation. Very little exploitation. But absolutely normal for Moore
For those who see Moore as a hero it isn't so. But I will stake my ethernal life on a claim that Moore is both - a horrible human being and a horrible artist.
One's man hero... (reprise)
I have no idea what kind of human being Moore is. I am not sure it matters. I do not know if he is a horrible artist. I do not see him as such, but this is a matter of personal tastes, which, we know, differ. He is controvercial at the mildest. His work has one very important property: he gets his point across. He does not pull his punches.
It all seems to boil down to the question of whether one agrees with his personal politics. I do, at this point of his and my visions of the world. As I mentioned, I will go see it the moment it comes out.
Having said this, I will admit that I do not expect that I will agree with every single aspect of that movie and/or every single point he is making there. At the same time, I do not need Moore to tell me what is going to be wrong with four more years of Bush (for at least two reasons). At the same time, there are other people who might need just that.
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Exodous (Movement of Jah people) [1]
[1] Bob Marley