Having released the widely-acclaimed film Sita Sings the Blues under a free license (and with financial support from many fans via our Sita Distribution Project), our Artist-in-Residence Nina Paley is now working on her next animated film, Seder-Masochism (see previews farther down):
To support Nina’s work, please choose a donation level below. Donations go to our Artist-in-Residence Working Fund, which supports the creation and distribution of new works of art by our Artist-in-Residence under licence terms that respect everyone’s freedoms to copy, share, show, and extend the work. Your donations are tax-deductible in the United States, as QuestionCopyright.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
| Mensch | $1+ | Big thanks! |
| Prophet | $100+ | Your name in the credits. |
| Cherub | $500+ | Name in credits, in a larger font. |
| Seraph | $1000+ | A message of your choice* in phonetic hieroglyphics in background of a scene in the film, plus your name in the credits. |
| Angel | $2000+ | A message of your choice* in Hebrew in background of a scene in the film, plus your name in the credits. |
| Archangel | $5000+ | All of the above, plus lunch or dinner with Nina. |
* Messages can be up to 20 words. For hieroglyphics, provide the original message in English, to be spelled out phonetically in hieroglyphics. For example, this says “Copying is not theft, stealing a thing leaves one less left, copying it makes one thing more, that’s what copying’s for.”:
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- Question Copyright does not guarantee the timeliness or even the completion of any particular work of art.
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