Steal This Film takes account of the prominent players in the Swedish piracy (copyright infringement) culture: The Pirate Bay, Piratbyrån (Piracy Bureau), and The Pirate Party.
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Maybe this is just a result of the documentary itself (wasn't paying close attention) or just the charged nature of this topic but I feel like people are missing the point. The Pirate Bay case, for a lot of people (mostly us techies), wasn't about IP, copyright and illegal downloads. It was about internet law, where it will go in the near future and how it will effect new technologies. I think these are things that are often overlooked when p2p and bittorrent are discussed because most people either don't really know much about it and/or aren't interested in it. It affects our culture and society in ways that aren't quite obvious, that go far beyond the simple arguments often made on both sides of this debate.I'm not against stopping illegal sharing of copyrighted material. What i am against is new, useful technology being delayed and held back because of the possibility of it being used for dubious purposes. Also, I'm against lobbying (it really irritates me when companies go whine to the government because they are failing and instead of trying to fix their business model and adapt they think they are either entitled to money from the government or that the government should step in with laws and regulations limiting competition so they don't have to adapt) and companies strong-arming average citizens in ridiculous law suits (for example the Jamie Thompson case). If anyone is interested in this stuff beyond the obvious two sides of the RIAA and MPAA vs. the "pirates" I highly suggest reading Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig. He explains things in depth without getting bogged down in legal terms and lawyer speak and I think makes some excellent points and brings up ideas that are often never spoken of in this debate. Anyways that's my rant.
From everything I've seen the posted profits of the movie industry are rising though I can't claim to know how accurate these figures are. However, here are some quotes from the MPAA's website "The Domestic box office continued to grow in 2008, reaching $9.79 billion after a 1.7% gain. (refer to page 3 of the 2008 MPAA Theatrical Statistics report)" and "The total number of films released domestically in 2008 was up 1.8%, to 610 films. (refer to page 5 of the 2008 MPAA Theatrical Statistics report)"I'm not saying file sharing of copyrighted material is ok, but I hate to see a useful technology get pushed out just because it can be used for something illegal (which is true of pretty much everything, I could kill someone with my car but that doesn't mean we should outlaw them).Also I agree with Rick, we don't have cable at my apartment at school because all the shows we watch we can watch for free online so cable isn't worth the cost.
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Isn't it funny that you are watching this on Hulu for free which is kind of like stealing. I mean, you certainly didn't pay the directors, writers, cameramen etc. who made this movie, did you? Ironic.
Sharing is caring, you can never stop the machine that is free sharing of media because even the people that work for the MPAA and RIAA have most likely violated copyright laws, if they ever made a mix tape or recorded a show on tv using a VCR so they could watch it later they are just as guilty as we consumers are made out to be.
I don't what libraries you're going to, but I'm pretty sure you don't pay anything to check out DVDs at a public library. At a video rental store, yes, but not at a library. I hope you're not suggesting people steal from libraries because that's just messed up.
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