Left to right: Deth Vegetable, Eric "Emmanuel Golstein" Corley, Joe630 on the supplementary DVD of Freedom Downtime

Freedom Downtime is a 2001 documentary film sympathetic to hacker Kevin Mitnick, directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 Films. From the suplementary DVD of Freedom Downtime, by Eric Emmanuel Goldstein Corley. ... From the suplementary DVD of Freedom Downtime, by Eric Emmanuel Goldstein Corley. ... Left to right: Deth Vegetable, Eric Emmanuel Goldstein Corley and Joe630 in Freedom Downtime Eric Gorden Corley is viewed by some as a leader of the computer hacker community and goes by the name Emmanuel Goldstein, after the leader of the underground in George Orwells classic, Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... Hacker is a term used to describe people in computers, and has multiple meanings. ... Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is one of the most famous criminal hackers to be jailed and convicted. ... Emmanuel Goldstein is a key character in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... (Redirected from 2600 Films) ...

The documentary centers around the fate of Kevin Mitnick, and how they feel it was misrepresented in the reality-based movie Takedown produced by Miramax and adapted from the book by the same name by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff. A number of computer enthusiasts drive across the United States searching for Miramax representatives and demonstrating their discontent with certain aspects of the bootleg Takedown script they had acquired. The development of the Free Kevin movement is also documented. Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is one of the most famous criminal hackers to be jailed and convicted. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... Categories: People stubs | Hackers ... John Markoff (born October 24, 1949) is an American writer and journalist. ... As a noun, bootleg means the top part of a boot, the part that is around the leg instead of the foot. ... Kevin Mitnick Kevin Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is one of the most famous criminal hackers to be jailed and convicted. ...

One major point of criticism of the Takedown movie was that it ended with Mitnick being convicted to serve a long-term jail sentence. In the real world, at the time the movie was produced, Mitnick had not been in front of a court, but nevertheless was imprisoned for five years without bail in high-security prisons.

The movie also touches on what has happened to other hackers, particularly after being sentenced to jail. It questions the rationality of placing computer hackers who went over the edge in the same jail as sex offenders and murderers.

Several notable hacker icons appear in the movie, including Phiber Optik (Mark Abene), Bernie S (Ed Cummings) and Emmanuel Goldstein (Eric Corley). Freedom Downtime tries to communicate a different view of the "hacker community" than what is usually shown in mainstream media. Hackers are depicted as curious people who rarely intend to cause damage, driven by a desire to explore and conduct pranks. Abene in a radio show, from Freedom Downtime. ... Mark Abene, at an undisclosed location, September 2005. ... Emmanuel Goldstein is a key character in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... Mass media is the term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...

It also contains interviews with people related to Kevin and hacker culture in general. The authors of Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, ex-couple Katie Hafner and John Markoff appear in very different roles. While Katie Hafner's empathy for Mitnick has grown, John Markoff continues to defend his book and articles in The New York Times about the hacker. Markoff is ridiculed, as the narrator (Goldstein) points out his factual errors in the interview he agreed to. Reba Vartanian, Mitnick's grandmother, also appears in a number of interview segments. Furthermore, lawyers, friends and libertarians give their view of the story. Footage and interviews from DEF CON and H.O.P.E. try to dispel some hacker myths and confirm others. Katie Hafner is a journalist who writes books and articles about technology. ... John Markoff (born October 24, 1949) is an American writer and journalist. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by publisher Jack Doff, and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... DEF CON is the worlds largest AND LAMEST annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Hackers on Planet Earth or HOPE is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600 The Hacker Quarterly. ...

The film saw a limited release, but was shown on some film festivals and independent theatres. It has also been released on VHS, and sold from the 2600: The Hacker Quarterly web site. In June 2004, a DVD release, after years in production, was released, including 3 hours of extra footage on two discs. There is also an interview with Kevin Mitnick in January 2003, shortly after his supervised release ended. It also included subtitles in 20 languages, provided by volunteers. A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e. ... A typical megaplex (AMC Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario, California). ... Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, first released in 1976, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of its... (Redirected from 2600 The Hacker Quarterly) Fall 2004 (21:3) 2600 Issue 2600: The Hacker Quarterly is a traditional (printed) magazine named for the fact that phreakers in the 1960s found that the transmission of a 2600 Hertz tone (which could be produced perfectly with a plastic toy whistle given... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Production of teletext subtitles A subtitle can refer to one of two things: textual versions of a film or television programs dialogue that appear onscreen, or an explanatory or alternate title, in addition to the main title of a work. ...

External links

• Freedom Downtime official website
• Freedom Downtime at the Internet Movie Database