![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is neither roughed up, hurt, nor taken advantage of during his initial adventures in London. Trent runs away from home, but the worst he experiences in his first nights is having his laptop stolen. Faced with this familial crisis, Trent runs away to London. Trent's father loses his job, his mother loses access to her health benefits and his younger sister is unable to study online. Losing the internet nearly destroys his family, which depends on the internet for their livelihood. But thanks to a draconian copyright law, Trent's illegal downloading and copyright infringement causes his family to lose their internet access for an entire year, with no appeal. Set in the United Kingdom in the not-too-distant future (perhaps two or three decades), Pirate Cinema tells the story of Trent McCauley, a sixteen year old British kid and mashup artist who spends his free time illegally downloading videos of his favorite actor, editing and mashing up those videos, and reposting them online as his own creations. And it is his broader call to arms against the corporate involvement in the lawmaking process. It is his political manifesto against draconian copyright laws that stifle creativity and divert resources from issues that may matter a great deal more. Pirate Cinema is well-known internet "influencer" Cory Doctorow's latest young adult dystopian novel and call to arms. ![]()
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