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  • Pro File-Sharing Professors ‘Hunted Down’ by the Copyright Lobby

    When professor of multimedia Roger Wallis took the stand during The Pirate Bay trial in 2009, he had to endure several personal attacks. Movie and music industry lawyers did their best to discredit Wallis’ reputation and research. In the Pirate Bay documentary TPB AFK the professor says that these attacks are not unique, and that pro-file-sharing researchers are “hunted down with a whip” by pro-copyright forces.

  • TPB AFK: Parliamentary Immunity for The Pirate Bay

    The Pirate Bay documentary TPB AFK will be officially released next week, but director Simon Klose decided to release another teaser a few hours ago. In the 2 minute clip Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde talks about their ongoing hosting troubles. In 2010 Hollywood obtained yet another injunction which requited ISP Black Internet to stop [...]

  • The Official TPB AFK Trailer Is Out

    TPB-AFK, the upcoming documentary about The Pirate Bay and its founders, is getting closer to its premiere. The film will be distributed for free on the Internet this spring and the official trailer was released yesterday. Thanks to a feature on The Pirate Bay frontpage the 1:45 preview already got more than 400,000 views. TPB-AFK [...]

  • BBC-Backed Pirate Bay Documentary Ready for Premiere

    TPB-AFK, the upcoming documentary about The Pirate Bay and its founders, is finally ready for a worldwide premiere. The film has been in the making for four years and aside from funds received from “the Internet” it received financial support from major broadcasters including the BBC. Director Simon Klose hopes that the film will be picked up by a film festival soon so it can be shared on the Internet, for free.

  • Pirate Bay Documentary Gets Government Funding

    TPB-AFK is an upcoming documentary about The Pirate Bay and its founders, expected to be released later this year. To complete the project, Swedish filmmaker Simon Klose has now received over $30,000 in funding from the Swedish Government. This money will be added to the $50,000 that was already donated by peers through a successful Kickstarter project.

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