TPB AFK

{{Infobox film

| name = TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

| image = Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard promotional poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional release poster

| director = Simon Klose

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Martin Persson
Simon Klose
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Anne Köhncke
Torstein Grude

}}

| screenplay = Simon Klose

| starring = {{Plainlist|

}}

| music = Ola Fløttum

| cinematography =

| editing = Per K. Kirkkegaard

| studio = Nonami AB, Final Cut For Real, Piraya Film AS

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2013|2|8|Worldwide|df=yes}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Sweden, Denmark, Norway

| language = Swedish
English
English (subtitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard is a 2013 Swedish documentary film directed and produced by Simon Klose. It focuses on the lives of the three founders of The Pirate Bay – Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm – and the Pirate Bay trial.{{cite web |url=http://www.tpbafk.tv/the-film |title=The Film |author= |date= |website=tpbafk.tv |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026015600/http://www.tpbafk.tv/the-film/ |archive-date=26 October 2013}} Filming began sometime in 2008, and concluded on 28 February 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.tpbafk.tv/2012/02/the-making-of-the-last-scene |title=The making of the last scene |last=Klose |first=Simon |date=28 February 2012 |website=tpbafk.tv |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223142130/http://www.tpbafk.tv/2012/02/the-making-of-the-last-scene/ |archive-date=23 December 2013}}

Production

The film's website was launched on 28 August 2010, along with a Kickstarter campaign to raise US$25,000 to hire an editor after the Court of Appeal trial.{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-the-movie-to-be-funded-by-peers-100827/ |title=Pirate Bay The Movie To Be Funded By Peers |author=Ernesto |date=27 August 2010 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}} The campaign was fully funded within three days and raised $51,424 in total.{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-movie-fully-funded-in-three-days-100831/ |title=Pirate Bay Movie Fully Funded in Three Days |author=Ernesto |date=31 August 2010 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tpbafk.tv/2010/10/51434-thank-yous/ |title=5124 thank you's! |last=Klose |first=Simon |date=4 October 2010 |website=tpbafk.tv |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020103849/http://www.tpbafk.tv/2010/10/51434-thank-yous/ |archive-date=20 October 2013}} In February 2011, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee ({{langx|sv|Konstnärsnämnden}}) granted the project an additional 200,000 SEK (≈$30,000).{{cite web |url=https://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/default.aspx?id=14150 |title=Arbetsstipendier och projektbidrag till teater-, dans- och filmkonstnärer beslutade |last=Pettersson |first=Tina |date=2 February 2011 |publisher=Konstnärsnämnden |access-date=13 January 2020 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Work grants and project grants to theater, dance, and film artists decided |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809113018/https://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/default.aspx?id=14150 |url-status=dead }}

Release

File:TPB AFK - The Pirate Bay documentary official trailer.webm

The full film was released under the Creative Commons [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ BY-NC-ND] license onto The Pirate Bay, YouTube, and other BitTorrent sites. Additionally, a four-minute shorter version with certain copyright restricted content removed was released at the same time under the Creative Commons [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ BY-NC-SA] license to allow remixing.{{cite web |url=http://www.tpbafk.tv/2013/01/why-i-chose-creative-commons-for-tpb-afk |title=Why I chose Creative Commons for TPB AFK |last=Klose |first=Simon |date=31 January 2013 |website=tpbafk.tv |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115005156/http://www.tpbafk.tv/2013/01/why-i-chose-creative-commons-for-tpb-afk/ |archive-date=15 November 2013}}

TPB AFK premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on 8 February 2013 – opening the festival's 'Panorama Dokumente' section – coinciding with its free online release on YouTube and The Pirate Bay.{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-documentary-first-ever-to-premiere-online-and-at-major-festival-130122/ |title=Pirate Bay Documentary First Ever to Premiere Online and at a Major Festival |author=Ernesto |date=22 January 2013 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/tpb-afk-watch-and-download-the-pirate-bay-documentary-now-130208/ |title=TPB AFK: Watch and Download The Pirate Bay Documentary NOW |author=Ernesto |date=8 February 2013 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}}

On 19 February 2013, the film was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK as part of the BBC's Storyville documentary series.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qxms3 |title=BBC Four – Storyville, The Pirate Bay |author= |date= |publisher=BBC |access-date=13 January 2020}}

Reception

Peter Sunde, one of the subjects of the documentary, wrote that he has "mixed feelings about the movie and the release of it". Whilst he likes the technical side of the documentary, he has issues with some scenes and general attitude of the documentary; this includes too much focus put on the trial, too dark depiction of it, and portraying himself beyond self-recognition. Despite having such different views on the subject, he regards the director as a friend.{{cite web |url=https://blog.brokep.com/2013/02/07/tpb-afk-my-review/ |title=TPB AFK – My Review |author=Sunde, Peter |date=7 February 2011 |publisher=Peter Sunde |access-date=13 January 2020}}

Censorship by Hollywood

In May 2013, Hollywood studios – such as Viacom, Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate – started to censor Google Search links pointing to the documentary, an action criticized by Simon Klose.{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-studios-take-down-pirate-bay-documentary-130519/ |title=Hollywood Studios Censor Pirate Bay Documentary |author=Ernesto |date=19 May 2013 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}}{{YouTube|rNCwJcMxDC4|An open letter to the Hollywood studios censoring TPB AFK}} In June, after the initial controversy, HBO and Lionsgate sent additional bogus DMCA takedown notices to Google requesting the removal of links related to TPB AFK. In response, Simon Klose contacted Chilling Effects, who recommended that he file a DMCA counter-notice once he had found out whether Google had taken down the links or not. Two months later, the censored links were reinstated only after public complaints made by Klose.{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-keeps-censoring-pirate-bay-documentary-director-outraged-130807/ |title=Hollywood Keeps Censoring Pirate Bay Documentary, Director Outraged |author=Ernesto |date=7 August 2013 |publisher=TorrentFreak |access-date=13 January 2020}}

References

External links

=Main sites=

[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tpbafk/tpb-afk-the-pirate-bay-away-from-keyboard TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard] on Kickstarter
{{IMDb title|2608732|TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard}}
{{sfdb title|71217|TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard}}
{{BBC programme|b01qxms3|TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard}} – as part of BBC's Storyville TV documentary strand

=Documentary online=

[https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/8118457/TPB.AFK.2013.1080p.h264-SimonKlose TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard] on The Pirate Bay
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8 TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard] on YouTube
{{Internet Archive film|TpbAfkThePirateBayAwayFromKeyboard|TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard}}

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