Persistence of Vision

MPI fellow Jared Lapidus' short film The Libel Tourist has only been live for a couple of weeks--but already it has been viewed more than 8,800 times on YouTube. And that's only a fraction of viewings, as this film has been spreading like viral wildfire across the internet. Libel tourism is essentially the process of finding countries where the courts can be used to effect censorship--so it's great to see information about it circulating so freely on the web. The internet knows no country--and it's bringing new meaning to the ideal of freedom of information.