The documentary is available on VHS - but they want loads of money for it. On Amazon, US$699.99 for the boxed set. Lowest price I saw was US$375.00. It could be DivX'ed, but not at that price.
A very good point that copyright holders are supressing culture and history by demanding high royalties from makers of documentary films. Then, maybe some don't want the truth to be known.
Since documentaries can tend to preserve history and truth, the answer might be to exempt documentary films from royalties because they are similar in nature to news gathering and reporting.
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Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors.
I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines.
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