TPB AFK is a documentary about three computer addicts who redefined the world of media distribution with their hobby homepage The Pirate Bay. How did Tiamo, a beer crazy hardware fanatic, Brokep a tree hugging eco activist and Anakata – a paranoid hacker libertarian – get the White House to threaten the Swedish government with trade sanctions? TPB AFK explores what Hollywood’s most hated pirates go through on a personal level.
The Pirate Bay (TPB) is the world’s biggest filesharing website. Around 20 million people use it everyday to download movies and music for free. Whenver TPB got legal takedown notices from corporate lawyers they told them to shove stuff up their ass and posted the replies on their site. This made them instant internet heroes to some and villains to others. In 2009 the founders of TPB, TiAMO (Fredrik Neij), Brokep (Peter Sunde), Anakata (Gottfrid Svartholm Warg) and their alleged financer Carl Lundström were taken to court by Hollywood’s movie studios, the four major record labels and the game industry. In April 2009 they were found guilty of assisting in making copyright content available and sentenced to one year in jail and to pay 3.6 million USD in damages. They have appealed.
In TPB AFK we also meet representatives of the movie, record and game industries who discuss their views on filesharing. The plaintiffs in the trial – MPAA, IFPI and the Antipiracybureau tell their side of the story and testify that Sweden has turned into a pirates nest.
AFK (Away From Keyboard) is computer slang for being offline. TPB AFK is the story about a group of people in a digital community who, at times, are forced to leave the internets and deal with life offline – away from keyboard.
The court of appeal hearing is scheduled to begin on September 28, 2010. TPB AFK is scheduled to be released when the trial is over.
You guys are the best!
Greetings from hungary!
i can help simon close with the editing
Is it going to be an English film? (I see subtitles)
i think most of it will be subtitled, since the three founders don’t speak english by default….
Their story needs to be told. Kudos to the makers! And the founders of TPB.
Hi, guys! You must do this, and I want to help you.
I am a graphic artist, and if you need something just write me;)
love u guys and waiting for ur movie and very much thanking ful to u guys …
sharing is caring…
Freedom to minds!
I can’t wait to see it.
Greetings from Romania!
I liked this a lot
): “Just some stats… … here are some reasons why TPB is down sometimes – and how long it usually takes to fix: Tiamo gets *very* drunk and then something crashes: 4 days
Anakata gets a really bad cold and noone is around: 7 days
The US and Swedish gov. forces the police to steal our servers: 3 days
.. yawn.”
Guys i encourage you in this battle, keep going, keep fighting, i don’t know what my life would be w/o TPB
but i always find a way to get to the site.
i can’t hide that TBP is censored in here
i hope that the film will wake everybody up and free TBP from censorship.
DON’T RELEASE THE FILM UNTIL YOU’RE SURE THAT IT WILL BE A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN THE WORLD.
please do your best.
i don’t want to see ordinary documentary.
i want to see something special.
make it target all the society not only geeks and nerds please.
make it a liberty matter.
so everybody will be involved.
Greeting from North Africa.
I can’t wait until the movie is out !
All the best to all of you.
Greetings from Uruguay – South America
you guys have my support. the creator/consumer animated video made 150% complete sense. why do the creators let themselves get the shaft? you would think they would have thought of this years ago
oh yeah PS good luck from the US
I can’t live without the pirate bay :’/
you’re the best! greetings from Venezuela
are you trying to sell it or will it be freely distributed?
good luck. and i hope this project don’t get rip off by the USA evil hands as many others. from Colombia
Hi,
All the best bud!
Keep it Real!
From India.
good job !
Woooow! This looks great! And also please add Serbian or Croatian subtitles on your DVD! If you want I will help you making subtitles for that languages!
great!! Keep on the good work.
Hmmmmm… better than spandex pants indeed.
DrewKrew
wish i could be part of you guys. you’re in a surreal kinda way. i get all i want and more for free thanks to you. the world owes u a big one. and so do i. i am resident in africa. we don’t do much credit card. how can i contribute? i am more than willing to.
You guys are the best.
Regards from Nepal.
Freedom to all media!!
greetings from POLAND
Throw in some full frontal female nudity and a car chase and you’ll have the eyes of the world upon your work.
I’d watch it. :p
….pirates are the shit, fuck copyright.
….nice website, nice plan, nice people!
can not wait to download the documentary.
Hi, guys… Your the best I hope it will end up in a good way… POLAND is wiv u guys…
Hello Pirate Bay founders and enthusiast, I am greatly appreciative of your hard work and dedication to free information! It is people like you who will actually affect change on the riche’s power over the world. I as an American citizen salute Pirate Bay for their patriotism and their view on educating the public! For it is we who have the true power, what the money men are afraid of is an educated population. Once the poor become aware and educated of whats really happening in this world, only then will we ever have a chance of the human race succeeding in our quest for knowledge and humanity ever lasting!
Hi guys again… It would be great, if the subtitles on DVD could b in Polish as well, I can help u translate from English to Polish Just contact me on this e-mail adrian.tele@wp.pl i own these guys, a big favour, 4 their website, so might as well help wiv subtitles.
You guys are awesome if there is anything i can do just ask
Even if i cant do much i am only 14
Nice going tell those greedy bastards
I love you guys, your the greatest!
HERO’S OF MY LIFE!
Sincerely
Will be glad to help making Russian translation as well as the subs. Make no mistake – Russia is with you, too. Keep it up!
Finally, a group of people with the balls and power to step up for the rest of us, you guys have a great thing going, don’t let those assholes censor you, if anything was to happen , I bet there’s enough pirates and hackers out there willing to wreak havoc on the internet and stand out for you guys.
See the funny thing is, sooner or later Hollywood will probably make a film about your lives. Although we may have to wait a while for that dust to settle.
Thanks guys.
Greeting from Greece. Keep up the good work!
I am from the USA, I wish I could check a box on my taxes each year to just send you guys the money so it wouldn’t be wasted.
Right on!!
so fucking true
Not their business to judge people for having a different perspective about the world we live in. Thumbs down for WH pushing European governments like that.
Tiamo, Brokep, Anakata, you are not alone! You got all the support from Romania, “pirates nest” no 2.
ThePirateBay.org is awesome, and I hope you will be able to keep it online. You did a great job fighting for internet rights and I hope more people will help keep the internet free and uncensored.
From Romania, a developer that doesn’t think TPB is killing his business as a software programmer.
I salute you.
Support from Australia!
Thank you for your continuing diligence. To geekily quote the veteran in the bar in WC IV: “The price of freedom (real freedom, not this USA mass-market police-state pseudofreedom) is eternal vigilance.” That’s prob a Paul Revere or John Adams quote but I am too chiilaxed out right now to look it up, and am sick of the same “patriots” getting all the hype. What about Tecumseh or Pontiac, most American’s (I’m not saying I’m any better) couldn’t quote a single thing any of those homees laid down. Peace 2 the world, keep it free, keep it happening… Hell, live happy in the idea that we’re all gonna keep in going, sharing that is, in one form or another, eternally.
You guys are the best.. Its people like you who create this world a better place. Sir, i m from a third world country where outside global knowledge and exposure is scarce not to mention of the little resources here.. TPB is the one and only local resource for budding students like me here to get global exposure to software programs and ebooks which generally is out of our reach not to mention of the exorbitant market prices. Lastly, Sirs, i wish my very best for whatever you are trying to do. Peace forever.. Can’t wait to watch the movie.
Support from India,
Shillong.
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Sounds Good ! Long live TPB !
Wish you Best Luck from Turkey.
I hope the movie is a great support to defend the right to share in our stuff.
Go Pirate Bay!
Remember the subtitles in Spanish.
Greetings from Chile
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Confío en que la pelicula sea un gran soporte para la defensa del derecho a compartir nuestros bienes.
Fuerza Pirate Bay!
Recuerden los subtitulos en español.
Saludos desde Chile
Keep on rockin in the free world!
P.S. Greetings from Florida, United States!
ACTA assholes will allways harass the heroes of internet freedom like 4 ch- uh… The Pirate bay well whatever man you have support in Cuba fight the charges and win through.
This film will be a revolution.
I have been supporting Piratebay and always will. You guys are the best. No word in the world is good enough to express what you are, what great thinking you have. You have motivated the world, even a country like mine who is not much into the internet sharing etc. The world owes you and will repay by standing with you on the frontline.
You will fight and win.
I find everything on Piratebay, anyone can.
India supports you, each and every person who knows Piratebay will support this.
All the best.
Hello:
Yeah, yeah! What a great idea.
Greetings and support from Mexico.
Well someone’s gotta give you guys some love from the UK so here it is. Awesome site and we’re behind you too! Bring on the fat cats
x
I LOVE THIS FCK COPY RIGHT THEY CAN REALLY SHOVE IT UP THERE ASSES IF THEY CATCH ME DOWNLOADING SHIT!
As long as copy’rights’ exist, humanity won’t be free to be what it wants to be.
Free of privileges and crazy laws prohibiting us from reaching our highest goals. (free information, not fck’n up the planet, healthy food, a sustainable future, etc, etc)
Cause rights are nothing more then a bunch of privileges, because other people can take them away, nice rights:
‘Guaranteed to work until 2010′ or till a bad banker needs even more money or some other crazy reason.
Keep up the fight people, doesn’t matter where or who you are or what you do!
And on another subject: Subtitles / Dubbing:
Isn’t it a good idea to start setting up a team worldwide to start on subtitles ASA(Humany)P !?
I’m willing to create subtitles in Dutch, so that makes 2:
Adi711 > Polish
AllRob > Dutch
Anyone else? Let’s create some impact with this
(if you guys agree)
All the best to all of you.
Greetings from Brazil – South America
Hey,
Great to see somebody making a movie about this incredible story. The rest of the world’s eyes will be openened after even hearing that this story has two sides.
Anyways, thank you for doing this.
Canada sends their support to the director, and The Pirate Bay!
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greetings from croatia
i donated .. plz donote guys ..
Greetings from the United Kingdom. I agree the documentary cannot be rushed and must contain the outcome of the TPB founders appeal. Please do take your time and make the story worth telling. Probably end up being a movie funded by Warner
Brothers starring Leonardo De Caprio,Sean Been and Jim Carrey as the founders, with music provided by Metallica. All free of charge.
Don’t stop ever. Your work is honest, and that’s one rare event. best regards from California
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Be sure to reach the whole world with it. Not only TPB downloaders. That’d be fun.
Greetings from brazil
Are these some kind of modern heroes?
I want to believe so
you are the man
that’s what i can say
hats off
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greetings from india
I’m very eager to view it !
Hoping for French subtitles…
Let us order “TPB AFK” T-shirts to support the film making!
I´ve already written a post in my blog about the film (spanish).
Greetings from Peru!!
http://www.traxxo.com/sitio/site/comments/the_pirate_bay_el_documental
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Keep up the good work ! !
cant’t wait to see the whole movie
when the movie goes out ?
TPB your the best
Cant wait to see it! kudos to the founders!!
You are the best
sharing is caring
greetings from Brazil
fuck free tibet – free internet!!!
guys! goodluck tomorrow! you will need it to fight!!
don’t give up! ur doin an excellent job… FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM!!
~ * TPB IS THE BEST * ~
Greetings from Pakistan.
1 day to go…
Thanks a lot! All the best to all of you.
Brazil
Tell the world the story of your lives and how you changed all of ours forever.
With love from London, England.
x
Thanks for your website services! Let those record labels know who’s boss.
Greetings from Minnesota, USA
Fuck usa layers! Tpb rocks and Mexico is on your side!
Saludos desde Mexico cabrones!!!! Since I discovered your website all of m school uses it. It even has the biggest dick videos ever! Hahaha just kidding…. Mexico backs you and tell those pussy-fearing, cock-eating, and homo=loving lawyers to go fuck someone else or get taste the mexican chili!
We are following the story with you just update the links to us when the movie is released so we can post it on our blog too TPB-FTW!
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I love TPB. Congrats from Portugal
I am so glad that you guys write history beacuse you really doing it….the all globe is supporting you,we are with you…
i hope that we gonna win this war against them….
Cant w8 to see the film….i hope to be something really great and special about the 3 guys and their awesome site that make the people to feel brothers eachother…
GREECE IS SUPPORTING YOU
…WRITE HISTORY…like you did it in the past…
corey6sic6 from greece
greece is with u!!!
go TPB you guys make us proud
Freedom of Speech, Thought, Information, Celebration
in (analog or digital) Any Way !
Let’s Not Make Always the Same Mistakes !
People should be FREE,
Life should be a Discovery, not a CoverUp…
may the power be with YOU! greetz from Holland
l
Greetings from Pinellas Florida USA. Cant wait for the movie.
People just don’t know the future of information and the web. The Pirate Bay is truly the new ‘Fight Club’.
So, we’re still waiting for a proper edit?
If you don’t find something soon, what will probably end up happening is releasing all the clips and allowing each person to make their own editing of the movie. Then people will trade them and eventually the *best version* will become the “ONE” that gets to be the “final cut”. There are film makers who have used this approach before, but they released it as a 200-500gb set of files… I hope it’s not nearly that big in size.. then again, maybe I do– I’ve got the speed! Muhahaha…
Nope, we’re editing this the traditional way. We’re still at least a year away though.
Simon
Hey guys!
What a f’n great movie will this be yea?!
Greetings from Holland!
Put in dutch subtitles aswell, and i can NOT help you with that since im not a certified linguistic pirate. But if there’s nobody else, harrr ill do it for a sack a shiny gold! :p
Just lemme know harrr! TPB AFK FTW!
Dont let the time goe! Innovate or die! U are very god! Cheers
I Soley Believe in Copyright Material. That the original author of the work owns the work. So there for the work should not be reproduced/commercialized without approval of the author. I do believe people should be allowed to share my work, as long as they say it was made by me. I work in a photo lab and we combat copyright theft everyday its hard to tell people that this is the law, “you don’t own that photo, the person who took it does, and you just bought a piece of paper to look at” It sounds harsh but its true. We should have the right to copy it to our needs as long as it isn’t sold to someone else. I wish I could tell my customers to buy a scanner and make your own copy, but that too is against the law. *Here in USA*
hola,
para cuando saldra al aire el documental???
salu2
This post will go nicely on my personal blog
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I love Pirate bay.Thank you very much Tiamo,Brokep and Anakata,for introducing us to a whole new world.As TPB says,sharing is caring,keep sharing guys.My best wishes for you 3 founders.
q hay,
3 days left to verdict of appeal.
osea el documental saldria para el viernes
o talvez no? ¿o.O?
salu2. a todo el staff
y a los panas de venezuela q esten x aki tmb (Y)
To hell with the lawyers.. courts.. and Record Companies.. they just want to keep having a big giant slide of the pie.. while the dumb artist/programmer its getting less earnings.. they will never understand the importance that file sharing has had in the latest decade.. and they will never and ever understand how big is this online community who thumbs up for ThePirateBay
Don’t you guys and gals think that it will be wise to start making some distribution strategy to make shure that this info will make it throughout communities all over the world? Yes. we need this explosion of fresh ideas. They may help in getting media back to serving the peoples not just corporations. Greetings to all in freedom of spirit and peace of mind.
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keep going guys!
greetings from norway!
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Are you guys all fucking nuts??
Yeah great, awesome, everyone gets everything for free…
So the people who create what you’re getting for free get nothing.
So eventually it is no longer worthwhile creating anything, and then what do you have?? NOTHING!!
So congratulations on being ignorant enough to believe that this is a positive change in the world!
When everything’s free, nothing is worth anything!!
So keep going, download the world till there’s nothing left.
You’re insane if you think this can go on forever.
Hey guys! Good job, I’m a TPB fan since it started and I wanna help!
If you guys want some help on translating the subtitles from English to Portuguese Brazil, send me an e-mail.
: )
When is the film being released?
this is gunna be EPIC!!
@jaake its getting released when the court appeal case thing is over.
oh and
Greetings from the United Kingdom, England.
DirtyDK.
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