Steal This Film

2006 · 32 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 489 VOTES · DIR. Peter Sunde, Jamie King

Overview

Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, prominent members of the Swedish filesharing community. The makers claimed that 'Old Media' documentary crews couldn't understand the internet culture that filesharers took part in, and that they saw peer-to-peer organization as a threat to their livelihoods. Because of that, they were determined to accurately represent the filesharing community from within. Notably, Steal This Film was released and distributed, free of charge, through the same filesharing networks that the film documents.

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Dialogue Timeline — 484 lines

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00:00:09 So, I log into the servers and everything was still alive so I
00:02:21 And then we just kept growing and growing
00:03:49 They're running a bittorrent indexing site
00:05:14 with all this piracy?
00:06:29 But this is the real world - we need your help
00:07:52 I'm not really that much into it.
00:08:51 The US government made clear to
00:09:41 that there was mentioned a threat of
00:10:49 that Sweden has been exposed to threats of imposed trade sanctions
00:12:01 after a few days.
00:13:23 I think we had four different parties attending the demonstration.
00:14:47 Opinion research show that a majority of young people think that this law against file sharing is stupid.
00:16:07 burn Hollywood burn
00:17:18 And actually give public opinion
00:18:43 As soon as the Pirate Bay got an important tracker it was cut off
00:19:52 fire safety officers
00:21:00 A lot of what the major media companies do today are so obviously based around
00:22:39 were proved wrong in the courts and the courts decided against them.
00:24:01 And others are building windmills.
00:25:28 sell - give all their clothes for free, a car dealership give all their clothes
00:26:41 If you are not one of us, you are one of them. (Burn, Hollywood, burn! Copying is not stealing!)
00:28:02 I think they will always be one step behind.
00:30:23 Now I am the thief, I am the thief
150:00:00 are available via the site

Cast & Characters

Peter Sunde Self Gottfrid Svartholm Self Aaron Swartz Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed484
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line150:00:00

Production Record

DirectorPeter Sunde, Jamie King
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000
IMDb votes489