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The Pirate Bay

Documentary telling the story of The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site, and the trial of its three Swedish founders accused of breaking copyright law.

Storyville: Documentary telling the story of The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site which facilitates downloading of copyrighted material. The film follows the three Swedish founders of The Pirate Bay through their trial after they are taken to court by Hollywood and the entertainment industry, accused of breaking copyright law. Seeing themselves as technicians whose aim is to run the world's largest web platform, in scenes bordering on the absurdly comedic they claim that their actions are about freedom and not money. The closer the film gets to them, it becomes increasingly clear that they are rather unworldly nerds, whose social skills and ability to comprehend the analogue world, and each other, are somewhat limited.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Role Contributor
Series Editor Nick Fraser
Director Simon Klose

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