This is a load of cobblers from someone who has obviously never created anything in his (her) life.

He's a film maker. he used the the village as a location   like a songwriter uses a chord.

if they had been a bit more savvy - they would have got a lot more off him. There is a pub in our village that has featured in every DH Lawrence film I've ever seen. Places like New York and Dublin have entire administrative departments making sure people get the going rate from film makers. Romania has not got its act together - no doubt after this, it will do. In fact Romania wants to go to him, and publicly ask for a bit more money - he's done pretty well out of them. A high profile guy like that would find it hard to refuse publicly.

if you want to see real exploitation - hang around ANY group of musicians. Most of them can tell you tales of their music being ripped off and there being NO redress afforded by the sophisticcated legal systems of our countries.