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Did anyone read DN this morning?
The question was like this:

If Pirate Bay gets convicted,
won't they be seen as martyrs?

Monique replied: "They actually
don't have any followers."

"It's a small kopimi sect."
A sect of a few hundred million.

Kopimi sect!

–Peter, how do you feel about the trial?
–Good.

–It's good.
–Anakata?

Here is the man
who will save us today.

Piracy cost the global film industry


They can post a copy online
and send out millions of copies in no time.

The internet villains are undermining
the US economy.

The raid is a result of
a political game at the highest level.

Four men were charged today
in the major Pirate Bay case.

This trial is politically motivated.

The right to information and others
rights of information must be defended.

Anakata!

Gottfrid and his accomplices
face imprisonment—

–for attempted crimes
against copyright law.

They are completely screwed!

You b*stard! What are you doing?

/KNOCKING SOUND/

–Yes?
–Can you turn the music down a bit?

We're behind on the scripts for IBM.
Can you help us?

–Yes.
–We need it in two days.

–Gottfrid!
–Yes. It's fine.

–Let me just finish one thing.
–Thanks.

/MICROWAVE DINGS/

Did you read the article... /CLEARS THROAT/
...that I sent, from Toronto Mail?

–No, not yet.
–It's quite scary actually.

A healthcare company in Toronto
introduced a new registry system—

–that was instead used
to track undocumented...

Peter? Come see me for a moment.

I saw the email
you sent to everyone...

–...03:14 last night.
–Yes, what did you think about that?



Okay... It's about a healthcare company—

–whose new registry system is used
to track undocumented refugees.

–Peter...
–It's similar to what we're developing here.

You can't send emails to everyone
about an obscure, isolated incident...

–It's human rights...
–Silence!

We have an open dialogue here. One can give criticism,
but must also take it to heart.

Several employees express
that it's difficult to work with you.

That you're questioning,
that you're negative... stubborn.

We're here to help each other—

–but above all, to help people
through technical innovation.

That's our core value and policy.

If you don't share that, maybe this isn't
the right place for you.

Is this the right place for you, Peter?

Is this the right place for you?

I'll take that as a yes.

Then, you can go back to your work.

By the way, that sticker...
Remove it.

–Is it rolling?
–Yes, it's on.

Of course. How many do you want?

Ready?

We'll fix it. /DOORBELL RINGS/

–Hello. Henrik Pontén, Antipiratbyrån.
–Okay, hello.

We've been tipped that you're selling
copyrighted pirate copies.

–You know what this is about, right?
–Are you from the police?

No, but they're just a call away.

Don't close the door.
Or there will be a police search warrant.

–Yes, but you...
–No! You're about to be arrested here.

Then you'll have the door broken down
by the police in front of neighbors. Not so nice.

I'm trying to do you a service
and solve this smoothly and discreetly.

–Okay?
–Yes.

/LOUD MUSIC AND CHATTER/

Can you shut up?!

Public transport
is the city's lifeblood...

Hey!

–It's completely hopeless.
–Yes, or it goes hand in hand.

–Culture should be for everyone.
–Exactly.

Hi! We haven't met. Rasmus.

Peter...Sunde. Or Brokep,
we chatted about No Logo.

Brokep in person!

–Welcome to the crowd.
–The multitude.

–Negri/Hardt's "Empire".
–Exactly. Brilliant book.

Here you go. Make yourself at home.

–Edonkey.
–Edonkey... Direct connect in the USA.

–Hi.
–Hello.

Why are you so surprised? Capital
always tries to control the internet.

Pretty nice that we live in Sweden.

Sit down – or stand if you can.
Give a seat to those in greater need.

There's plenty of room for everyone.

So. Yep!

Friends, comrades!
Free speech is under attack.

Around the world, legal abuses are
committed when file-sharing sites are closed down.

Now it's essentially only Suprnova
in Slovenia that's left.

Here at home, Pontén and
Antipiratbyrån run around playing police.

Dork! He's a damn dork!

Joking aside: It is at the behest of
the film industry and the copyright mafia–

–that Henrik Pontén and Antipiratbyrån
send out threatening letters.

Addressed to completely ordinary people–

–with absurd demands for fantasy sums in
damages to the film and gaming companies–

–just for copying
a couple of CDs for their friends.

These are from people who are
worried and wonder what they should do.

This is how, we propose.

/CHEERING/

But it's also serious now. We can't
just stand on the sidelines any longer.

It's time for us at Piratbyrån
to take the next step.

We are here to celebrate a revolution.

The revolution will not be televised!
/CHEERING/

It is so that...
Uh, let's not draw it out.

Allow me to present our own
file-sharing tracker, signed Anakata.

The first of its kind in Sweden!

Good morning.

–Hey. How did it go yesterday?
–Well, it went well.

–About 200 units.
–That's good.

Good morning.

–It was with the mail this morning.
–Do we have time to evacuate the place, or?

Allow me to present our own
file-sharing tracker, signed Anakata.

The first of its kind in Sweden!

Just as libraries enabled
free access to information—

–the network must provide the same opportunities
to modern people for democracy.

Copyright is an old skin—

–which needs to be shed
for society to progress.

How it will go for the film and music industries...
We don't care!

This...
Well, it's student humor.

–Hello, Fredrik! How are you?
–Good.

–Fredrik! Good.
–Sorry, there was a traffic jam.

Do you know this?
America's Dumbest Soldiers.

Yes, I might have...

You rate on how foolish ways
American soldiers have died in Iraq?

Yeah.

–How the hell did we get such a site?
–That's my friend...

British Telecom called me today,
some William Allen who was pissed–

–because he himself got a call
from the US Department of State.

We're supposed to have given a line via them to
the site, which I didn't even know about.

It's just a little joke.

Tell me... Say what's funny!
What is funny? Huh?

Anyway, the Pentagon orders us
to take down the sh*t. The Pentagon!

What the hell... Aren't you in Mexico?

Huh? No, but...
Why is America's Dumbest down?

"Hi, Fredrik." – "Hi, Gottfrid.
Nice to see you. How was Mexico?"

Explain why it's down. Can you...?

Go around!

They have free reign to start oil wars
but when I poke their egos...

I objected.
I said it was a joke.

They are trying to censor us.
What happened to our freedom of speech?

–How was Mexico?
–Dry.

Piratbyrån's tracker needs a stable
line. My ADSL line isn't enough.

We need a better one,
preferably at your job.

–At my job? No, what the hell...
–Why not?

It's the Pentagon and the boss is grumpy.
I can't afford to lose my job.

You're allowing yourself to be censored,
because you're a coward.

I'm not a coward, damn it!

Damn...

–What are you doing?
–We are sitting in my car. I work here.

–Can I see your pass card?
–Here.

–Okay.
–Hello.

The internet wants to be free.
The Bittorrent tracker makes it free.

What's the problem? Don't you want
to operate the fattest tracker?

–Of course I do.
–What's the problem, then?

f*ck it!
We'll put it on the soldier line.

File sharing for the people. Right?

Okay.

/VOICES IN SLOVENIAN/

–Have you found anything?
–Nothing.

They seem to be upset on the IRC.
It's been down quite a while.

What is it with Suprnova?
Suprnova down

Wait...

Peter, look. I found something on Slyck:

"Motion Picture Association
comments"—

–"on the shutdown of the file-sharing site
Suprnova and its 17-year-old founder."

The world's largest network
for ill*gal downloading.

Suprnova was operated
by organized criminals.

Credit to the Slovenian authorities.
Networks must not encourage people to steal.

In addition to cracking down on piracy—

–new technological advances are being made
in the home entertainment industry, such as Bluray.

No one wants your f*cking Bluray!

Hollywood has declared w*r
on the internet.

This means that we are the only
substantial file tracker in the world.

–Does it handle it, as it is now?
–Is it down again?

No, it works now, but...

It's not easy to navigate.

No, but it took Anakata


–I didn't mean it that way.
–Which we are, of course, grateful for.

It requires a little fine-tuning.

It's not us two you need to convince,
but take it up with Anakata.

/DING/

Anakata?

–I thought you had hanged yourself.
–We shall see.

–What did you want to talk about?
–Well, I mean...

The entertainment industry lives
in the past. They are the Amish people.

They don't want electricity because they're
used to living without it. But...

–Hi. Sorry I'm late.
–Brokep was explaining about the Amish.

–Hi. Peter.
–Fredrik. Tiamo.

Just like the Amish, the entertainment
industry can't stop development—

–even if they make efforts with all
the crackdowns. You may have seen this.

"You can click but not hide."

If one stands against it until it's over
we can achieve a paradigm shift...

–"We"?
–Yes, well...

Now that Suprnova is down, you'll likely
get more traffic and therefore more work.

–Do you manage everything?
–I update the code all the time.

Try running a heavy site with
more visitors than IDG, DN, and SvD.

I have ideas for
how to refine the interface.

–"Refine".
–Yes, well...

The site...is too complicated.
No one at my job uses it.

Because they're stupid.
It works for thousands of Swedes.

But getting access to information is
a fundamental democratic principle—

–so even idiots
should be able to download, right?

I'm thinking the front should...

Or... What if it looked like this?

A logo, a search field.

Then I also thought...

What's the most downloaded file
right now?

–"Sueso para"...
–Audiobook to learn Swedish.

–Why isn't the site in English?
–I'm already working on the language base.

It will not only be in English,
but multilingual.

Let me help with that.

I work at a tech company
and live half my life on the internet.

Half?

I know how to reach out to people.

If it were multilingual
and slightly more user-friendly—

–I'm sure
we could reach the whole world.

Then even my colleagues
could use it.

–Where do you work?
–Siemens Healthcare.

–As a salesperson?
–No, as a programmer.

And you can PHP?

Why did the PHP coder
go to the optician?

What?

Why did the PHP coder
go to the optician?

Because he couldn't C.

Yes, Friday coffee is Eva's responsibility.
– Hello! What's on offer?

Occupied!

Movie time!
/HUMMING SF SIGNATURE/

–Stop! How old is this boy?
–Fifteen.

–Here you go. Age?
–Eighteen.

Then it's night cinema.

I rented three films tonight:

Shrek, The Addams Family, and Toy Story.

–Haven't we already seen that one?
–Then you can watch another one.

When mom and dad are away,
it's Markus who decides.

–Shall we go?
–Absolutely.

What were the films?
/MOBILE RINGING/

–Henrik Pontén.
–Hello.

Hello? Hello?
/CRACKLING SOUND HEARD/

–Who's this?
–Don't play cop. You're not a cop.

Let's go.

Thank you for coming here
to celebrate this with us.

I want to thank all the comrades
who have toiled in the mine with me—

–and made this possible, made
this film with me in five years.

/AUDIENCE LAUGHING/ Sit back
and enjoy, we'll see you later.

–Pontén.
–Mats.

Karin, my wife.

The debate tonight on SVT...
You might want to be there.

–When is it? Or yes, well...
–No, we're not invited to such things.

We are quite a few producers
starting to feel...

–One is worried about the piracy issue.
–I understand that.

But we're doing everything we can and a little more
to get to grips with it.

Then I'll have to rely on that. Cheers.

Have a nice evening.

I just need to... – Hi, Markus.
It's dad. How's it going?

Can you record something on TV for me?

File sharing is
a superior form of distribution.

Record labels shouldn't cling to—

–when an industry
is overtaken by technology.

–Have executives made too much?
–Definitely.

Why stop at music? Can you go
into Åhléns and grab a bite to eat?

Stealing is something else entirely. If you
take my car, I no longer have it.

But if you copy my mp3 file,
I still have it.

Kids stand up proudly on TV
and proclaims to be criminals.

Incredible! And why aren't we
even invited to the debate?

The information society may be here
to stay. Maybe it's good.

But it's much harder
to control than we thought.

We will be on-site at festivals
to prevent the sale of pirate...

Johan? Come here.

The enemy is no longer there.
It's here.

Tell them what you said this morning.
That survey. The figures.

According to the latest survey,


–use the internet
at least once a week.


or at their workplace.



This isn't about pirated DVDs.
This is a w*r of opinions.

That's the focus of our operative work.
It's our entire future.

What is that? No, pick it up.

Pick it up again, please.

I'm curious about
what you've been doing on company time.

It's a search page for torrent files.
A mediation site for information.

A service in the name of free speech.

I'm just doing what you told me to:

I'm helping people
through technical innovation.

Bring it into my office.

Now.

–No, I won't.
–Excuse me?

I'm not going to follow you into
your office.

Don't ruin it for yourself now.

–Where are you going?
–I'm going home.

–Then you can't come back.
–Okay.

Don't be so afraid of Mårten.
He's the one who should be afraid of you.

Peter! Don't you understand
that it's going to hell...

–Rasmus.
–We're almost done. We should meet.

Okay, happily.

THIS MACHINE
KILLS FASCISTS

–Do you have anything with you?
–Yes, I have.

Exciting.

User-friendly has been the motto.
Simple, clean. File sharing for everyone.

/GLASS SHATTERING
AND LIQUID DRIPPING/

Damn it!

–It really looks right. Great.
–Yes, doesn't it?

We also configure lighttpd,
so the speed will be on another level.

It will be unstoppable.

–Sounds like we're ready for w*r.
–Class w*r.

But how long will it take? The old
version isn't working well now.

Max half a day more. I promise.
/MOBILE RINGING/

Then I also have a press release
that you guys should look at. – Yes, hello.

Gottfrid has poured
some damn drink right into...

–Never mind. Do you have a hard drive?
–I don't know.

Solve it. Get a hard drive.

Can you send it to us,
so we can include our thoughts?

Yes, absolutely. But...

I'll fix it later.
I just need to sort something out. Talk soon!

–Mind how the hell I live.
–Hold the glass with two hands!

Hello!

–Did you bring a hard drive?
–No, I don't have one.

–What happened?
–Never mind. Can it be fixed?

–I don't know yet.
–Can I do anything?

–You could have brought a hard drive.
–When did you last commit?

Commit? He doesn't even have the password
to his computer. – Damn muppet.

I was just showing
Rasmus, Sara and Tobias.

–Why did you show it without us?
–What?

They're curious about how it's going. They see
a need for it to be finished.

It was ready,
but the old version wasn't working.

My question is: Why did you show it
without us? Who the hell do you think you are?

Who the hell made you the frontman?

You run around like a politician.
You weren't even there from the beginning!

–I've coded a lot of that.
–Send an invoice, then. 15 bucks.

You settle for an obscure niche site,
but I want to get it out to the world.

You need to move on
from America's Dumbest Soldiers.

We don't need you as a PR guy.
We have the internet.

You need me more than you think.

–How are you, then?
–Good.

Or... It's okay, you could say.

You, then? How are you?
Is it good at work?

Yes, it's...as usual.

Do you remember?

–What was that one called again?
–Amiga 500.

You were so happy when you got it.

You learned so fast.

They should be very happy at work
to have someone like you.

–Are you coming?
–Yes.

/SOUND FROM THE TV/

Searching for disk...

/MOBILE RINGING/

Our baby is flying. More stable than Satan!

–What?
–Yes! Check the stats!

We're bigger than all of Stockholm.



It's traffic from all over the world.
Guess where our millionth user is from.

–Finland?
–China.

Do you understand? We're going to be
like f*cking Bill Gates!

"Piratbyrån's tracker".
I don't know...

–We need a new name.
–Yes.

But no damn pretentious politics crap...

Already checked.

–Scott...
–Not now.

John. Sorry, but you need to see this.

It's new.

It's growing quite fast.