Terwijl heel Hollywood krampachtig vast probeert te houden aan een verouderd copyright en release systeem, zijn er ook film makers die filesharing juist toe juichen omdat zo hun werk bij een grote publiek terecht komt. Lexi Alexander (Hooligans en The Punisher: Warzone) is zo filmmaakster die opkomt voor downloaders en de verspreiders van media. Nu had de website Torrentfreak recent een interview met haar en daar van kan je hier onder alvast een stukje van lezen.

TF: In what way do you think file-sharing will (and has) change(d) the movie industry?

Lexi: I entered this industry right at the beginning of the transition to digital technology. I remember insisting to shoot my first two films on film stock, by then people were already dropping the "dinosaur" and "stone age" hints. We were all beaten into submission when it came to new digital technologies, because they reduced production and distribution costs. Then the powers started realizing that those same technologies also made unauthorized duplications much easier, so the narrative changed and now we were told to hate that part of it. It's almost comical isn't it?

I quickly realized that file-sharing would shatter borders and as someone who considers herself a citizen of the world, rather than of one country, this made me extremely happy. I have always wanted entertainment events to be global rather than national. This is good for the world.

The more the audience becomes familiar with foreign movies and TV shows (not synchronized and released months later, but subtitled and premiering simultaneously) the sooner we will start accepting, maybe even demanding shows and movies with a diverse, global cast from the get go. And since those are the shows I create... it cannot happen fast enough.