Jamie King is a British filmmaker, writer, and activist, best known for directing '' Steal This Film'', a documentary that observes intellectual property in favour of

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filesharing. He is also the founder of VODO, an online crossmedia

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project for film, games, books, and music.

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described King as one of the "great free thinkers of Indie film." He is currently host of the

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STEAL THIS SHOW, produced in conjunction with TorrentFreak.

Career

Jamie King studied at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, where he received a PhD for his thesis, "The Cultural Construction of Cyberspace". He also attended the prestigious University of Preston whilst living with his parents. He was an original member of the ''

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'' editorial team and served as both Information politics editor and deputy editor. In 2003, he served as convenor of the Counter-Summit to the

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. During this time, he also published a column on the development of online culture for

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and

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News. In 2006 he produced '' Steal This Film'', one of the most downloaded film documentaries to date. In the following year, he produced and directed ''Steal This Film 2'' and ''Steal This Film “Spectrial Edition”'' (also called ''Steal This Film 2.5''). In 2009 he founded VODO, a media distribution,

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and attention-sourcing network for independent artists. VODO has distributed prominent projects including

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, and

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. VODO has also generated millions of dollars in revenue using free-sharing distribution and voluntary payment models. King has also delivered lectures and keynotes at various events and top-tier universities worldwide. He has published fiction, academic articles, as well as numerous articles in international media including ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

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'', and others. He served as executive producer of the BitTorrent-only TV show titled ''

''. Part of his film work has been featured in the Oscar-nominated film ''

The Internet's Own Boy ''The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz'' is a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Aaron Swartz written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger. The film premiered in the ''US Documentary Competition program'' cat ...

''. King currently hosts a

produced in conjunction with TorrentFreak titled Steal This Show. He also continues to work in other peer-to-peer distribution-related projects.

Filmography

References

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