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stealthisfilm.com — The first part of a free documentary series about file-sharing. This part focuses on The Pirate Bay, the world's biggest Bittorrent tracker, and copyfighters Piratbyran. It includes interviews with Anakata, Brokep, Tiamo and others -- plus some pretty cool pro-filesharing propaganda!

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  • lotrgamemast, on 11/01/2007, -1/+31I've not got round to watching it yet but it looks interesting. The site hurts my eyes though :S
    • szelij, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Any HTTP link? GVideo..or youtube..
    • stylesP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24readable version

      In 2006, a group of friends decided to make a film about filesharing that *we* would recognise. There have been a few documentaries by 'old media' crews who don't understand the net and see peer-to-peer organisation as a threat to their livelihoods. They have no reason to represent the filesharing movement positively, and no capacity to represent it lucidly. We wanted to make a film that would explore this huge popular movement in a way that excited us, engaged us, and most importantly, focussed on what we know to be the positive and optimistic vision many filesharers and artists (they are often one) have for the future of creativity.
      Hopefully you'll enjoy the first part of Steal this Film ('stockholm, summer 2006'). It achieves some, but by no means all, of our goals. To continue we need your help. this film is free for you to share, watch on your dvd player or on your ipod, or show in cinemas. But if you like the work we've done and want us to carry on, use our donate link to send us a couple of dollars or euros.
      We will start making the second part straight away, and release it on this site and on major bittorrent trackers, when it's done. Each part, we estimate, will take about 2 months to complete. the plan for the second part is on our wiki. Feel free to add suggestions.
      The league of noble peers. august 2006 - à nous la liberté!
    • fredsterss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3dugg. great film, fantastic idea, piratebay rocks, good editing.
    • turbodigg, on 10/27/2007, -0/+10the film was great, and did you see that MPAA old dude who was like "You can't give a product away for free...It's not the flow of nature" what a douche, I mean come on, did he sit down and produce, act, or create any of the films that he is defending? No. He just sits there and collects money and spends it on nice expensive cars, houses, etc. I bet he even has more than one maid. Sickens me.
  • aaronlidman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57ipod .mp4= 152mb
    regular .mov= 336mb
    dvd .iso= 1.43gb

    just thought you might want to know before deciding to download it.
    • edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Is the DVD version of a higher quality than the regular .mov, or is it just a straight transcode to MPEG2?
    • colonelmustard, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7lol yeah, the .mov is 300MB and the ISO is 1.2GB!! seems like a difference to me :B

      but yeah, the .mov is probably a medium quality 320x240 video and the dvd is all fun and will look good on your bigscreen tv.
    • bioret, on 10/12/2007, -4/+38thats stupid. what kind of pirate supporting site doesnt release a version in xvid
      • nastajus, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1Part2 released Xvid. But I'm commenting a year and a half late, so nm.
    • LegendarySock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Better question, what kind of pirate supporting site would release a movie in .mov format?
    • stoffe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9And even better, what kind of organisation *against* patents and DRM would?
    • barcode, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3yep, damned stupid format to release something like this. Shows a certain about of cluelessness, there should at least be an ogg as well as the usually proprietary *****.
  • Sidde, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1I hope they paid for the movie-clips in the introduction...
    And BTW, what a macish intro.
  • tegel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Realy good work, can't wait for the next one.
  • MortenAaserud, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I liked it
  • zeroinfluencer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Worthy of a remix.
    Would be good to hear more from Hollywood...
  • blueigloo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9After looking at that website for a minute, i think i am completely blind! Downloading the video though..
  • teckjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Dugg Mirrior Link:
    http://www.duggmirror.com/videos_educational/Steal_This_Film/
  • brucebeh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6can someone post this on google video? or a director can post it on youtube?

    pretty please?

    thanks!
    • warofwrath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It's not worth watching unless you "steal" it. Streaming from a video site just doesn't do it justice and results in a far lower quality of image.
    • jim99, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Why can't you get it from bittorent?
  • RyanDaRin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Gosh, I'll design a website for you for free, just so I dont have to look at that!
    • nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Agreed... creative and artsy (well, compared to anything I could come up with! not saying much) but terrible, I can't even bring myself to read the mushed-together text.
  • RyanDaRin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Mirror of torrent file

    ryandarin.phpnet.us/1.torrent
  • montiff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3514711/StealThisFilm.Part1.mov
  • Disease, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3I can't download the torrent
    • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2DONT! Its an MPAA plot to track you down!!!
  • Sailen, on 10/12/2007, -20/+6could someone tell me how to use the torrent file? it may not work i'm on a 2 way firewall at work
  • Grimboy, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Personally I quite like the all togetherish look of the site. The text is prioritised by shade of gray. They should have used less weight on the font though and left a wee bit more white(black)space.
    • orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4with or without the spelling errors?
  • icurnvs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Mov file - http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3514711/StealThisFilm.Part1.mov
    iPod Video file - http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3514718/StealThisFilm.Part1.iPod.m4v
    DVD Image - http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3514722/StealThisFilm.Part1.iso
  • spotty, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Dugg for the title.
  • eldingo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0nobody is seeding the torrent and the site is down... Will have to wait for seeders or for digg effect to wear off and the site to come back up......
  • jeffbailey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Here is a working torrent for the film.

    http://isohunt.com/download/13341356/stealthisfilm
  • orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -28/+9Here's my perdiciment.

    I'm a graphic artist. I know all about the rules of copyright infringement. Heck today someone wanted me to copy a logo from a popular sports team. I told them no and make a spoof. They coudln't even tell the difference. (typical client). So I know what it means to rip things off. And yes I think stealing music online is theft. No matter how you slice it, your taking and not paying for someone else's work. Theft is theft. But if bands and what not are willingly putting their files up for free download, then yes that should not be inhibited in any way. And of course there is the thing of it all goes to the record companies. yeah companies just get 90% of the take, and it does suck. But that is on them and not me. what to do what to do. I just pay for it with iTunes.
    • brhad56, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Stop drinking from the RIAA's kool-aide. Downloading music is not theft. For it to be theft, the owner would have to lose something. The correct term is copyright infringment.
    • orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3I see your point. But would you say they lose speculative income if the bands got paid on a per song download basis?
    • orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Here's an example to help me explain it better. If I took a free comp from a clip art company which clearly states not for use, and I use it anyways for a piece I would say I have stolen the art and infringed on their copyright.
    • CriX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Can someone please make an actual argument FOR their support of everyone's rights to possess content that you otherwise would have had to pay for?

      Because I can't. Because I think it is messed up to not pay for something that was enabled by the whole concept of business incentivized by profit. If I like a movie I get in on DVD. If I like a band then I go buy their CD to support them and their label.

      Please, please explain this to me. I'm really starting to think that this is just a typical youth thing where it's cool to fight the Man and idealism that all content that can be digitized should be inherently distributable without rules or moral conscious.
    • luciferin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9If you're arguing that it is morally and linguistically stealing to download music/movies then you would (arguably) be right. However, it is not theft in the legal sense of the word, which is what really matters when a company accuses you of theft.
      If you are taken to court for this you are not charged with theft, you are charged with copyright infringement. It is as simple as that.
    • Germanopinion, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Those that argue here with "theft"; Can you tell us when you did throw away your free music playing FM/AM Radio?
      you don't pay for the music you hear thru that distribution channel either, do you?
      In Fact The RIAA is it that pays the radio for playing the songs for free to you to record.

      Must be very big thiefs these "Riaa's" and "Radios" according to your argumentation that sharing is stealing
    • CriX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41. Radio music is pretty crappy quality
      2. You are forced to listen to advertisements between songs which ends up as small payment to the music producer
      2. Broadcast radio doesn't have a search function (you don't get to choose exactly what song to hear)
      3. Radios typically are not hooked up to recording devices
      4. Radio general plays a couple hit tracks only, you'd need to go buy the CD or steal the entire album through the Internet if you wanted to hear the rest.

      I do understand your point though and I'm not totally committed to letting these industries get their hands in our lives. But I just don't understand people that can't sympathize with their dillemma. And I don't think "***** copyright laws, I am entitled to everything for free" is the right approach or attitude. There needs to be some compromise, or some statistics done that show that torrenters also buy movies and music and go to the theater and concerts.
  • Sailen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2could someone just put this on youtube or google video PLEASE? i cant use the torrent on my work computer
  • icurnvs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Working Torrents:
    DVD Image - http://isohunt.com/download/13341640/stealthisfilm
    Mov File - http://isohunt.com/download/13341356/stealthisfilm
    iPod Video - http://isohunt.com/download/13341349/stealthisfilm
  • icurnvs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The first torrents I mentioned weren't working for me at first, but they are now...I posted some alternatives as well...
  • atari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13streaming versions via revver (had to split it up b/c of file limits):

    part 1a: http://www.revver.com/video/50966/

    part 1b: http://www.revver.com/video/51010/

    should be up on archive.org shortly...
  • brwalias, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2thanks atari!
  • atari, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://www.archive.org/details/STEAL_THIS_FILM

    regular version via archive.org
    • tomhung, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1no sound
      maybe i gotta check my codec
  • Arnold22, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Oh my eyes. This movie had better look better than their site
  • tomhung, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1http://piratevninja.com
  • ting, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's pity that the guys that are involved with piratebay don't have clear understanding for their place in the whole drama. They basically say that because internet is here and there is technical possibility we will pirate. Change your business model if you can. Wrong. Nobody should do anything bad to other just because he can.

    But the story is much more complicated. These suc**rs in the movie industry become richer and richer using the established unfair system. Everyone who can think with his own head knows that. Some movie-who**s, tv-jeste*s, elected stars, etc, etc. make tons of money that can feed whole areas in Africa, Asia even Eastern Europe. Is it fair? Is it normal? I don't think so. May be now somewhere in Africa is starving little girl that has the talent and beauty to became star or other one producer, but no-one will give a sh** about them.

    So once in a while nature give the power to the little guys to reinstate what is right. Now is such a changing time. The problem is what the "little guys" will do with the power when win? Are they going to become a lil bit fatter & bigger and on their turn make others "little". Like the poor artists working form castle to castle for a pennies in the pre-media times become spoiled super-stars and sex-symbols of nowadays. Time will show.
  • atari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3ting, groups like www.freeculture.org, www.piratbyran.org, and www.piratpartiet.se are trying to change just that. i agree that in some respects the pirate bay doesn't necessarily work towards the aim of a freer society (frankly, i'd just rather that we not have to rely on hollywood so much to begin with), but well, things like posting this documentary are a step forward...
  • brokencity, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I just covered this on my weekly pod cast and it is great!

    The attention to detail is so fine tuned. Overall it is fantastic.

    http://austechnews.blogspot.com
  • stoffe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11It's a bit embarrassing (or maybe just ignorant) that they use mov I'd say. There's plenty of free, available-for-all codecs that does not suck up to a DRM-loving, patent-enforcing, freedom-crushing, lock-in vendor.

    Theora would be absolutely wonderful, and showing that you aren't just a poser, but there are more alternatives.
    • warofwrath, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3you are truly an ass

      Theora is still in alpha and you call it "an alternative?" Why shouldn't they be ignorant of it? There are a myriad of video editing tools, but other people can only recieve the product of such if the video is coded into common formats, not just something that you deem to be "absolutely wonderful." What's wonderful is when a small film crew can near instantaneously get their message out to a limitless number of people across the globe without the viewers having to install another piece of software. Get over yourself and think of the bigger picture instead of applying blanket statements to cover up for your lack of reasoning skills.
    • OmegaNine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would have liked to see DivX or Xvid - Anyone else notice the flashing "Enjoy" threwout the whole movie?
  • sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Awesome! Arrrrrr!
  • brocktoon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1 Having trouble playing the .mov format version. Tried vlc player, media player classic, quicktime, real player. No luck getting video. Audio is fine. Frustrating format.
    • turbodigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1its probably pal, although I think that vlc should play pal....I dont know really I downloaded the DVD version and it was pal, so I had to watch it on my computer
  • bradsully, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is teh awesome!!!!
  • sirwarp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15First off, I enjoyed this film,

    I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the little subliminal messages near the beginning on this film, they flash really fast, have to rewind and use pause to actually read it, or at least I did.

    ~4:54 it flashes: Resist Share Copy
    ~5:04 it flashes: Copy
    ~5:19 it flashes: Paste
    ~5:39 it flashes: Enjoy
    ~6:35 it flashes: Sharing is not stealing

    Corporations seek profit, they are very good at it and they can always find ways to get it. Many of us were downloading mp3’s on our 14.4 modem when it took hours to get a single song sometimes, we saw this problem slowly coming, and eventually movies will become as fast to download as mp3’s are now. The entertainment industry will find ways to profit from this and they already are. itunes and other pay-for-mp3 sites are profiting and also many cell phone services allow people to buy mp3’s for .99 cents. To me it’s pathetic when you can get it for free but I don’t think most people realize just how computer illiterate the world still is. I mean, for goodness sakes they have to sell MP3 players by telling how many songs it will hold because nobody knows what “30GB” means.

    Remember back in the day you could just type “warez serials” in yahoo.com and get a nice list of serials for any app? Now look how annoying that is, have to deal with tons of stupid pop-ups and spyware programs. Warez was even banned from most online programs like AOL. - if your reading this your defiantly not using AOL though =P

    Sooner or later downloading a real copy for money will be easier than downloading a fake copy off the internet; Much like On Demand from Comcast in the USA. I mean, yes I can download “Top Gun” the movie off the internet, give me like 3 hours or more, I’m on a T3 but it will probably take much longer because it’s an old movie and nobody seeds it, Then give me like another 5 minutes to burn it on a DVD, Oh Wait, it’s divx, can’t do an iso burn, have to play the whole damn movie to burn, so that’s another 2 hours. OR I can pay 2.99 and watch the movie right now on demand……....which do you pick?

    But yes I enjoyed this film very much =P – cool to know a little more about piratebay.

    -Sirwarp
    • JMufla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree with you completely sirwarp,

      Further, I would like to add something, I am S/W engineer that turned to economics in the last years... (equally as fascinating!) Because of this I have been exposed to a variety of economic theories and concepts. Frankly what strikes me, is the inevitability of this... Nobody in Hollywood pretends that BitTorrent isn't a major threat to the established business model, but equally nobody sees it as a golden opportunity for a new business model. If the big studios would spend 1/2 the money they spend on litigation (such as the lobbying for the raid on the piratebay) on R+D I am sure we would have a viable business model in less than it takes for Bluray to arrive!
      Seriously, without having to go as "far" back as the VCR case, look at DVD's... In the mid 90's there was talk of the cinema culture being dead... with all the plasma screens, dvd movies and surround systems, who would want to go watch the movies at the cinema?? Well, turns out more people than ever! As DVDs proved not only to be a formidable revenue source, but also a booster to the cinema culture!
      As Sirwarp already pointed out above, the mass market will always need mass distribution, equally there is always a niche market to cater for niche needs...
      From an academic point of view, one could use a multitude of theories and models and what not, fact remains... adapt or die. Someone will adapt, someone will die... Revolutions, political, economical, technological or social are part of evolution and what makes us human/moves us forward.
      I am not at all concerned for the users, the internet, bit torrent, the movie studios, the actors and whatnot... Economical evolution will take its course, simply adapt... or don't...
    • Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Taking another view from me, a junior high school student, as I agree with both of your views, I myself download for a single reason; that is, something to do/entertain, my day will go on like nothing happened if I don't watch movie XYZ, I really don't want to pay for it as again, not a necessity, am not a movie-fan kind of person, so the industry will in no way lose money on me, I'm just watching because its there, and would not if it was "not there";
  • joerod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I enjoyed this film as well, and I did notice those flashing words through out the movie. I am not an advocate for stealing, I think most of these entertainers are great talent and like everyone they would like to get paid for what they do... this is understandable... what is not understandable is why the record companies have not lowered the price of retail CDs and why they are so reluctant to find new ways to distribute their product IE. Itunes or any other online store.. the bottom line on this matter is people who don't want to pay for something will always find a way, and people who like to support their band or favorite actor will go to the movies or buy CDs. There are still people like that in this world. i guess this is some justice for what these companies have done to consumers over the years... like buying a $18 CD that has 1 good song on it, or paying $9 for a crappy movie. these entertainment companies have to do a couple of things.. 1) lower your prices, if a retail album or movie costs as much as a bootleg or even if the retail is a little more people will be more inclined to buy it.. 2) embrace new technology and ways to distribute their product.
    • Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed 100%;

      We have to remmember these are people's jobs, just like all of us, we need money. However, as the movie stated, the industry needs to find a way around it, like it always has, but from our point of view, I dont think we can just say "They dont need the money". They might not need as much, but up to a point where all the hardwork is worth it.
  • estaticxalde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2ftp://ia311509.us.archive.org/2/items/STEAL_THIS_FILM/StealThisFilm.Part1.mov
  • t0ms, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i hate mov ... too bad for them.
    • Holocaust, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Convert the file to something else then.
    • turbodigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Download the DVD version took me 5 hours theres about 1000 peers and 900 seeds as I type, I think they have a MP4 Version, but it is in iPod video format which means that it is 320x240 and 760ish kbps or lower. yuck
  • turbodigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3By The Way anyone downloading the DVD version be warned its PAL.
  • kolofon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The subliminal msg's all over the film are a bit stupid..
  • sneeka2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Anyone else wondering why the last lines of the credits say "Copyright 2006"?! I would've expected a "Copyleft" or CC statement or something.

    Or is it just so we'll be able to "steal" it? =)
    • aimaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Even open source projects have copyright statements. I think the idea is to prevent people just taking it and selling it as their own.
  • nullynull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Dear MPAA,

    Where's my check?

    Yours Truly
    Thomas Edison
  • eXCeSS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Someone download the DVD then rip it to xvid then OMGZ PIRATE THEIR OWN FILM!!!!!

    or just do that so all these prople bitching about .mov can stop whining.
  • stochastic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3All those lamers who are whining about not being able to play the video, or asking for uploads to YouTube (puleeese!) are EXACTLY the ones who should be paying through the nose for their filtered content. Or as Uncle Monty says in 'Withnail and I': "Free for those who can afford it, very expensive for those who can't".
  • jcnewsome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When the calculator was invented I'm sure no one really cared that the slide rule makers went out of business. New technology brings change. And, it seems this technology, or others like it, will persist. Therefore, for Hollywood to thrive it must adapt. It's pretty much that simple.

    Hey, maybe Hollywood should sue whoever made these tubes big enough to stuff movies and music into. That would solve their problem.

    I grew up on t.v., a lot of t.v. When I went to college I went without cable so it wouldn't be a distraction, difficult at first. When my wife and I moved back to my hometown, we decided not to waste money on it. Several members of my family have basically said, "You don't have cable? That's so sad." But I believe I am more entertained by the clips on Google and U-Tube and of course the variety of information on Digg.
    • plonk420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, i have (internet+bittorrent, blockbuster online) + DLP projector... that setup is better than most TV shows on cable and OTA. and no, i don't copy every movie i check out to DVD-R. i'll XviD the occasional one (only done one out of 40 movies); if i like it enough to waste a DVDR, i'll likely buy it...
  • thehacker123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4116387786400792905&hl=en

    Digg my story "Steal Thios Film Posted ON google videos
  • thehacker123, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4116387786400792905&hl=en

    Digg My Story (Steal This Fim Posted On Google Videos)
  • iocc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Direct link to the xvid version: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3515729/STEAL_THIS_FILM_(XviD)
  • leethal, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0I am yet to see the movie, but I kinda refrain from doing that after I took a look at the webpage.. Seriously, web does not equal print. Looks a lot to me like a cool print design, but ugly as hell on screen. Gief redisign plz.
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