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>> so when people are lambasting him for being on kickstarter, is it fair. >> i don't think so. he puts out quality lot. he doesn't do it a whole lot and it's open to the public and what spike argued he's bringing people that don't typically go to kickstarter a lot of african-americans to kickstarter. he's opening up this platform that you can use to create art, music, film, not just movies, you can use kickstarter for so he's bringing people to this great platform. >> absolutely. bringing a lot of exposure to kickstarter and allow people to get wonderful projects out there. chris witherspoon,...

If you know how to raise it why go there. >> crowd funding is the new wave to get financing. >> so how does the little guy potentially get affected if guys like spike lee are using kickstarter? >> there are a lot of independent filmmakers that are upset with spike and spoken out. the bloomberg tv hosts were pointing that out. people are asking spike to get off kickstarter. what spike was saying about him using kickstarter before there was kickstarter is true. '92 his film "malcolm x." a huge film starring denzel washington. he called on his friends and kick-started the film in his own way. opr...

That would include showtime too. >> showtime, amc, my mom will be upset about that. she loves watching -- i'm sorry, tmc, turner classic movies is being blacked out, as well. also premium channels but replacing it, trying to give back their customers, giving them starz and encore, premium channels for free, not a discount, just these channels for free in the meantime. >> yeah, let's switch to topic you and i were discussing last week, spike lee trying to get funding with kick starter, a novel unique way of doing things. he defended the move to do it on bloomberg earlier this week. let's take a...