No Good Deed…

Eyes on the Prize, the acclaimed documentary series focusing on the civil rights movement, has not been seen in more than a decade, due to copyright laws governing snippets of film and music used in the series. “In late January, members of Downhill Battle, a group of four young activists, appalled that there is so little access to the film, made a digitized copy of the series available through its website.” But the activists are now drawing the ire not only of copyright enforcers, but of the filmmakers themselves, who are preparing to renew their expired rights.