I was listening to Leo Laporte today, and he mentioned OscarTorrents. The site links to torrents of all of the Oscar-nominated films, and provides a voting system, allowing you to vote as if you were part of the Academy.
The best part of the site (in my opinion) is the note at the bottom:
LEGAL NOTEIf you have no interest in downloading illegal torrents or the Oscars in general, at least visit the site to boost their traffic. It's a nice slap in the face of the MAFIAA.To those worried about downloading in case they get sued: by our calculations, your chances of getting nailed are way less than your chances of winning the lottery. Don't think twice about it.
To all intellectual property landlords: we are aware that OscarTorrents might annoy you -- but contain your righteous indignation for a while, and think: we're only linking to torrents that already exist. Face it: your membrane has burst, and it wasn't us who burst it. Your precious bodily fluids are escaping.
You haven't beaten us, so why not join us? Think of a new business model that doesn't involve overpriced pieces of plastic and skanky cinemas hawking cheap carbohydrates while relying on $6/hr projectionists who can't keep a film in focus -- not to mention insulting your audiences by (to pick a few examples) surveilling us with nightvision glasses, searching bags, 30 minutes of commercials and bombarding us with ridiculous anti-piracy propaganda. Take a look at yourselves. Is it really any wonder we're winning?