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Citizenfour HD

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https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/566616227582582785

The movie was entered into public record (https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/566616227582582785 & http://cryptome.org/2015/02/edwards-019-027.pdf):

Mirrors: http://ergot.yfkm.eu/Citizenfour-HD.mp4 & http://ergot.yfkm.eu/Citizenfour.mp4

It seems like most of the people in this thread care more about how you posted a title link to a huge zip file.

Maybe next time you should do a "Show HN" and put the URL in the post text instead of as the title link.

Having the url point to an utterly huge file instead of a landing page can cause problems for some people. The default behavior on my phone in chrome, for example, is to start downloading in the background.

It's perfectly fine to link to a large file directly - it seems like your browser is broken.

The browser isn't broken, this is the expected behavior. When you click a link for a downloadable file, your browser fetches it in the background since there is no page to display.

The problem in this instance is that there is no 'landing page', it's just there on Cryptome in a big list of pages and other downloads. The real issue is Cryptome's spartan UX gives no easy way to handle this, it's either link to the home page with no context, or link to the file directly.

It's cute that you think so but this has always been the default behavior and this is the first time it has ever been an issue for me. It's not difficult to see why: ordinarily when you click on a link to huge file, you know you are clicking on a link to a huge file. I wonder if anyone who did so in this case knew what they were getting.

(realistically, if you were on a desktop browser you would mouse over the url and notice it was linked to something stupid, but not on a touchscreen device)

Happened to me as well on my Android. Linking to a file is fine as long as the title makes that clear; maybe the title can be edited?

I think that's just pretty poor behavior on your browser / OS' behalf.

You may want to pay for watching this movie, so they make more of the same. Vote with your wallet.

Agreed. Though, I don't know of any way to directly send money to Laura Poitras and co.

I'm sure they would also appreciate donations made to the EFF.

You could also consider donating to the Freedom of the Press Foundation https://freedom.press/donate or the Courage Found https://couragefound.org/donate

The closest I could find is Snowdens legal fund: https://edwardsnowden.com/donate/

I wish I was able to watch it online somewhere and pay for it.

magnet:? xt=urn:btih:799e43f3aff3fa9af8b7bfc2950501721829ddee&dn=+Citiz enfour.2014.HDRiP+Xvid&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337& tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ft racker.leechers- paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969

FYI: Local cinemas are still playing it, for those who enjoy the cinemas. I watched it in San Francisco, so check your local movie listings.

Linking straight to the file is going to be VERY expensive for people like me who pay per MB as it would automatically download in a lot of browsers when clicked.

Do consider linking to a page that directs people to the file.

Agreed! I uploaded the movie on my own server with a very short post to explain what it's all about. Download should be quite fast depending on your location.

http://www.pilgrimbreak.com/citizenfour-hd-high-speed-downlo...

Thanks for rehosting, but your version is definitely not HD, coming in at 640x360 resolution.

Yes, sorry that, I am currently getting the Citizenfour.2014.720p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264-FGT version and will update the post once ready.

Go watch it on a big screen. The chilling effect is way bigger in a large audience than at home.

most amusing reason I've heard to see a movie on the big screen :)

Mirrors: http://brueste.tk/mydealz/Citizenfour-HD.mp4 http://mydealz.marvinbeer.de/Citizenfour-HD.mp4 http://94.23.162.252/Citizenfour-HD.mp4

This redistribution does not seem to be authorized by the copyright holders, and directly linking to the file doesn't seem to be appropriate for HN.

we worked on Citizenfour and this is not a legitimate film. Please don't share if you're a friend of the film

got a magnet uri for bittorrent instead?

This is the same file as provided by cryptome.org (H.264 1280x720 HD, Main profile, 4Mbps, Audio English AAC 300Kbps):

  magnet:?xt=urn:btih:77e1a18941186c1e6441721df91183d2a339d103&dn=Citizenfour+%28Edward+Snowden+story%2C+by+Laura+Poitras%29+%5B720p%2C+h264%5D+%5BIsohunt.to%5D&xl=3636600806&dl=3636600806&tr=udp://9.rarbg.com:2710/announce&tr=http://announce.torrentsmd.com:8080/announce.php

Downloads are so slow that I decided to host it on my own server, no bandwidth limit, should be faster. Enjoy!

http://www.pilgrimbreak.com/citizenfour-hd-high-speed-downlo...

Thanks for rehosting, but your version is definitely not HD, coming in at 640x360 resolution

I have uploaded the 3.4GB version too, sorry for the inconvenience.

there is a torrent link at the bottom of the internet archive page: https://archive.org/details/LauraPoitrasCitizenfour

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