I just watched TPB: AFK, and it hit me right in the feelings.
I’ve followed this case from a distance, right from the start, and it has been a real rollercoaster ride. It’s been an interesting one, whether it’s relevant to your interests or if it’s just something you read about to kill some time.
Some people following it just like to read about these four badass Swedish guys standing up for their rights and telling the law to go do one every chance they get. While others follow the case more in depth and realise these guys are really just sticking to what they believe in. Which, when it boils down to it, is really just Freedom of Speech.
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This guy Fredrik, for example, only ever wanted to run the biggest website in the world. I mean, is that really so much to ask? When he realised that Hollywood and the Swedish government were teaming up to charge him for breaking every copyright law under the sun, I think he was a bit confused. I know I would be anyway. You can see through the whole film that he’s shitting bricks because of his constant twitching and how he looks like he hasn’t slept in days. But I admire how hard he sticks to his guns through the whole case; all he wanted was the biggest website in the world. And he has damn near well achieved that.
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The other guys who co-founded and run the website are working on the same principles, too. They’re being charged for distributing copyrighted material, and earning a revenue for it. But the purpose of their website – as they constantly tell the courts and the cameras – is to provide a service whereby anyone can share any kind of material they want; music, films, games, anything.
Anyway, this documentary really piqued my interest. While copyright laws and file sharing have never been cited in my CV as my top hobbies and interests, this film really got me thinking about the new age of media and our civil rights as people of the free world. It’s definitely worth a watch and, in the spirit of the whole thing, here it is. Free of charge to watch on YouTube or download from the Pirate Bay itself.
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