Bill Gates not dead

[JacobM5727]

a freind of mine believed a story on a fake cnn site, about jlo getting killed.. i didnt care.. but pointed out that it would have been cnn.com if it had been real...(checking the ip it showed went to "the cnn fake" page)

[sixf00t4]

http://www.billgatesisdead.com

[sixf00t4]

nothing so strange is the movie that caused this whole mess....
i subscribe to their newsletter....

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"Nothing So Strange" Newsletter -- July 18, 2003
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+ SCREENINGS: New York premiere Monday, July 21
+ NSS IN THE NEWS: Site hack causes Korean stock market crash
+ LATEST REVIEW: "Brilliant, one-of-a-kind faux documentary"
+ NEW ONLINE: The Open Source Footage Store
+ RUMOR MILL: Watch "Nothing So Strange" on the Web?

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+ SCREENINGS: New York premiere Monday, July 21, 7:30 pm

If you are in or around New York City, don't miss the New York premiere
of "Nothing So Strange," the groundbreaking documentary-style drama
about the assassination of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

The details:

Monday, July 21, 2003, 7:30 pm
The Opening Night Film of the
VideoTheatre NYC Vidfest
at the Kraine Theater
85 East 4th St. (Between Bowery and Second Ave)
Tickets $5, call 212-868-4444 or buy on the Web at
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/

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+ NSS IN THE NEWS: Site hack causes Korean stock market crash

While "Nothing So Strange" has a pretty convincing Web universe, we are
always very clear to date the Gates assassination as occurring on
December 2, 1999. However, a computer hacker recently copied our fake
CNN story about the assassination and re-jiggered it so that it
appeared to be dated whatever day you came to the hacker's site.

This hack caused a $3 billion loss in the South Korean stock market
when somehow somebody got hoodwinked. The BBC reports:


> There's nothing like the internet for making people look foolish.
>
> The latest outbreak of red faces is in Seoul, where Korean journalists
> and investors have been caught out by one of the oldest online hoaxes
> around.
>
> On a slack Friday afternoon's trading, the Korean stock market dropped
> by 1.5% - a value loss of more than $3bn - after local TV reported
> that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates had been assassinated.
>
> Mr Gates, who personifies many of the hopes of the global technology
> industry, was reportedly shot by a lone gunman at a charity event in
> Los Angeles - "facts" eagerly retailed by three Korean channels, MBC,
> YTN and SBS.
>
> In fact, the story was a hoax, lifted from a - admittedly, highly
> accurate - spoof of the CNN website.

see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2916135.stm
see also:
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHacked...html#gatesdead

Unsharp Mask, LLC, the company that produced Nothing So Strange, is
fully cooperating with the authorities investigating this incident.

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+ LATEST REVIEW: "Brilliant, one-of-a-kind faux documentary"

Can you count the number of times that "brilliant" has been used to
describe "Nothing So Strange"? Neither can we. Joining the bandwagon is
Gerald Peary, who writes in the Boston Phoenix:

> "Nothing So Strange." It's the perfect title for Brian Flemming's
> brilliant, one-of-a-kind faux documentary, which begins with
> Microsoft's Bill Gates getting gunned down at the bandshell of LA's
> MacArthur Park. Is the killer the black man who's shot dead in turn by
> the LAPD? Or someone unknown? This movie traces the search, over
> several years, by a left-liberal don't-trust-the-police ad hoc group
> called Citizens for Truth to find out what really happened. "Nothing
> So Strange" is in no way a "mockumentary": the search is a
> straightforward affair, and it's completely credible, the people on
> screen being immersed in their obsession. You almost have to pinch
> yourself to say, "Wait a minute, Bill Gates is alive!" But he's stone
> dead in this movie's meta-universe, which extends into the end
> credits, where we're told the "characters" played themselves and
> reminded that they're all members of Citizens for Truth, for which
> there is a solemn Web site.

We recently put up a page on the official "Nothing So Strange" site
that links to some of the other print, TV and web press this movie has
received. You can read the Drudge Report's proclaiming the film
"cinematic shock," the Seattle Times front-page story headlined "Gates
Shot! But don't worry, it's only a movie," and Salon's report on the
NSS cast and crew "Doing the Sundance shuffle." There are also
QuickTime movies of lead actress Laurie Pike's interview on the Fox
News Channel by an openly hostile Neil Cavuto (don't miss this surreal
clip) and director Brian Flemming's interview on CNN Headline News.

READ STORIES, WATCH CLIPS:
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/press/press_list.html

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+ NEW ONLINE: The Open Source Footage Store

On February 12 of this year, to riotous applause at the San Francisco
IndieFest, we announced that "Nothing So Strange" was officially the
first "open source" feature film in cinema history.

While our version of the film itself is protected by an "all rights
reserved" copyright, the raw footage that makes up the film is "open
source." Once you get your hands on some raw footage, it is yours to
use as you please.

However, announcing that the raw footage is open source is different
than actually delivering the footage, which is a logistical challenge.
To take the first step toward a solution, we have created the "Open
Source Footage Store," where you can purchase short clips and download
them to your computer. Prices for the clips range from 5 cents to 25
cents. We are using a wonderful new "micropayment" technology called
BitPass, which makes it easy to spend tiny amounts on the Web (which
means we can pay for the bandwidth to deliver the clips).

So if you're not one already, become a filmmaker today. We've taken
care of that pesky "going out and shooting something" part of the
process. Editing is where a film is really made anyway. Think "Nothing
So Strange" director Brian Flemming missed the mark with his analysis
of the Gates assassination? Show the world where he went wrong. Grab
some clips, start editing, narrate it, add music, combine with your own
footage--make this footage say what YOU want it to say. Then share your
work--give it away, sell it, make a DVD and put it on eBay, BitPass a
download on your own site, whatever you want. Once you buy it, it's
your footage.

EXCLUSIVE TO NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS: Right now, for a limited time, the
clips at the Open Source Footage Store are FREE. Download all you want.
The clips will cost money after we make a wider press announcement. But
you're the first to know about the Open Source Footage Store, and, for
now, the clips are yours for the clicking. Up right now at the store
are several clips of the assassination, the full audio of the LAPD
interrogation of Julia Serrano, four music MP3s and more.

DOWNLOAD OPEN-SOURCE CLIPS AT:
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/open_source/

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+ RUMOR MILL: Watch "Nothing So Strange" on the Web?

While it isn't official yet, "Nothing So Strange" hopes soon to
announce that it will be the first feature film to be released on the
World Wide Web using the new BitPass micropayment technology. (This is
separate from our sale of short clips at the Open Source Footage
Store.) We're working on the timing, implementation and price structure
of this Web download. It costs a lot, unfortunately, to deliver video
over the Web, and the image quality is not nearly that of DVD.

However, we have had enough requests that we can't ignore the fact that
some people would like to experience the film this way. Please help us
by taking the new poll on nothingsostrange.com.

TAKE THE POLL:
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/media_bits/

And please feel free to send us any additional feedback on the
Web-downloading idea. Would you buy a little QuickTime movie (i.e., 160
x 120) for $3? What's the maximum file size you would download? 100MB?
600MB? 1GIG?

EMAIL FEEDBACK:
doc@nothingsostrange.com

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Get the latest. Visit
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/

Visit the Gates-assassination Web universe:
http://www.citizensfortruth.org/
http://www.garcettireport.org/
http://www.billgatesisdead.com/

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Brian Flemming
vagrant@slumdance.com
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/
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NOTHING SO STRANGE -- NEW YORK PREMIERE
Monday, July 21, 2003, 7:30 pm
The Opening Night Film of the VideoTheatre NYC Vidfest
at the Kraine Theater
85 East 4th St. (Between Bowery and Second Ave)
Tickets $5, call 212-868-4444 or go to
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/

"Brilliant" --Salon
"Sick" --New York Post
"Brilliant" --Boston Phoenix
"Chilling" --Seattle Times
"A genre-bending experience" --Austin Chronicle
"Dangerous" --Fox News Channel
"A crackling good movie" --Variety
"Pitch perfect. See this film" --Wired

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[sixf00t4]

I got this back in october and meant to post it, sorry i didnt.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

First Feature Film in History to Have Worldwide Commercial Debut on
Internet
Award winning NOTHING SO STRANGE to have theatrical premiere on the
same day.

October 24, 2003, Orlando, Florida -- NOTHING SO STRANGE, the
critically acclaimed and award-winning faux documentary about the
assassination of Bill Gates, will be the first feature film to have its
worldwide commercial debut on the Internet. The film will be available
as a high-quality QuickTime Player download at www.nothingsostrange.com
on Friday, October 24, and will open a limited theatrical run
exclusively in Seattle at the prestigious Consolidated Works cinema
(http://www.conworks.org/) on the same day.

The makers of NOTHING SO STRANGE thought that this ground-breaking
strategy was the perfect match for their ground-breaking film.

"The technology has advanced in two keys ways to make this e-premiere
possible," said the film's director, Brian Flemming. "The Web versions
of NOTHING SO STRANGE, compressed with Apple's latest MPEG-4
technology, have incredible visual and sound quality at reasonable file
sizes. Second, BitPass' micropayment system makes it simple to charge
for access to this type of content. Through a standard browser, users
are able to access and view the file from literally anywhere in the
world.”

"This is an exciting application of the BitPass payment system," said
Kurt Huang, BitPass CEO. “We are pleased to participate in a ‘first’
that is changing and shaping both the film and online worlds. The
ability to easily access and pay for unique content provides an
important Internet-based revenue model for independent films like
NOTHING SO STRANGE."

From the start, the makers of the innovative THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT,
Haxan Films, have been consultants on NOTHING SO STRANGE and its Web
strategies.
"This is probably the most exciting time in history for independent
filmmakers, especially ones with controversial films," said Haxan
Films' Dan Myrick, the director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. "Given the
rapidly advancing state of technology, we know that other feature
filmmakers are going to start doing their premieres this way, and we're
excited to be part of the first one to do this worldwide."

The NOTHING SO STRANGE e-premiere can be viewed on virtually any
Windows or Macintosh computer using the free, cross-platform Apple
QuickTime Player 6. The movie is available as a small progressive
download for US$3 (130 MB, about 20 minutes from a broadband
connection) or a large progressive download for US$5 (466 MB, about one
hour from a broadband connection). The file is not crippled by any
"digital rights management" technology. Once the user downloads the
movie, he or she owns it and can watch it an unlimited number of times,
and the file will never expire. Free sample excerpts are available at
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/

MORE ON NOTHING SO STRANGE
A complete press kit and high-resolution images are available at:
http://www.nothingsostrange.com/press/

ABOUT THE TEAM

BRIAN FLEMMING wrote and directed NOTHING SO STRANGE. Also a
playwright, Flemming co-wrote the Off-Broadway hit "Bat Boy: The
Musical" (Best Off-Broadway Musical 2001--Lucille Lortel Awards and
Outer Critics Circle; 8 Drama Desk nominations), and produced and
directed segments for the Independent Film Channel's former
newsmagazine show "Split Screen." He is the co-founder of Slumdance, an
alternative festival that appeared in Park City in 1997.
http://www.brianflemming.com/

GMD STUDIOS, executive producer of NOTHING SO STRANGE, is a
groundbreaking new media production firm based in Orlando, Florida.
Since its founding in 1994, GMD Studios has engaged in a number of
areas of Internet and media production, with an emphasis on the
experimental nature of the Web and what it means for independent media
producers. http://www.gmdstudios.com/

HAXAN FILMS, the production team behind THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, has
been a consultant on NOTHING SO STRANGE from its inception. Haxan
helped to create the film's enormously popular Web "universe"--a
collection of dozens of web sites that treat the Gates assassination
(and conspiracy theories about it) as real. The sites have received
over 45 million hits over the past 18 months. http://www.haxan.com/
BITPASS, INC. provides a micropayment system for online content and
services. Founded in 2002 and funded by Garage Technology Ventures,
Cardinal Venture Capital, and Amicus Capital, BitPass is based in Palo
Alto, California. The system allows users to purchase access to the
file through a prepaid debit card and is available, through trusted
third parties including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
and PayPal, for most internationally recognized currencies. The
company is working with a variety of content providers in areas such as
music, comics, and photography. http://www.bitpass.com

HISTORY OF "E-PREMIERES"

NOTHING SO STRANGE marks the first time a feature film has debuted in
this manner in the United States and worldwide. However, the first-ever
feature-film "e-premiere" occurred last month in the U.K., with the
release of the thriller "This is Not A Love Song," which was available
only in Britain. That film is unrelated to NOTHING SO STRANGE. More on
that premiere:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3144775.stm