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Mann releases mushroom doc on USB stick

[ Thanks to Barbara I.
Irwin
for this link. ]

“The Toronto-based filmmaker was in the U.S. promoting
his new doc — which follows mushroom-hunting gurus and
explores mushroom culture — when he discovered a company that
creates these flash drives in different shapes, including that of a
mushroom.

“”I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I put the film Know Your
Mushrooms and released it on a USB drive?'” he told CBC News.

“Last fall, British company PNY offered a 2GB flash drive for
sale in Europe pre-loaded with the 1984 hit Ghostbusters. However,
that drive contained digital rights management software in an
attempt to prevent viewers from copying or sharing the film.”


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