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Minecraft Documentary Premiers On Pirate Bay As Well As Xbox Live

Posted by timothy on from the with-permission-that-is dept.

An anonymous reader writes "2 Player Productions, the producers of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, on Saturday uploaded the documentary to The Pirate Bay. The news comes as a surprise move after an announcement earlier this week that the film is premiering today for free on Xbox Live to Gold subscribers. You can download it here."

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  1. Please read the fine print by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They have put the movie on piratebay because they rightfully say that it would end up there anyway and also they understand if people might not be able to buy it (right now).

    From the wording of the message this is by no means an invitation to freeloaders. So if you like the movie do the right thing and at least buy it afterwards.

    1. Re:Please read the fine print by SpockLogic · · Score: 2

      OK, so its a long advert for Minecraft, next ....

    2. Re:Please read the fine print by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      this is by no means an invitation to freeloaders

      the copyright holder of a film freely distributes via publicly accessible bittorrent and web site.. THERE ARE NO FREELOADERS...

      permission to freely distribute is then also implied due to the nature of the protocol chosen BY THEM.. even if they later discontinue seeding themselves.. they knew up front what they were getting into. you can't stop a torrent, and you can't "take it back" once you post something for free.

      buyers of the film are simply donating excess cash to the company, they aren't really 'buying' anything as it is freely available.

    3. Re:Please read the fine print by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 5, Informative

      You wouldn't be pirating it if you downloaded it from the Pirate Bay, it was put there by the copyright holder, just like you're not pirating Ubuntu if you torrent it. Of course, in the UK the Pirate Bay is blocked by ISPs, but in this particular case you'd be breaking no laws, civil or criminal. That's kind of in the headline. And summary. And article.

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    4. Re:Please read the fine print by Rockoon · · Score: 2

      I'm only torrenting it because I have been looking for a 'just released' popular torrent to test my bandwidth since my ISP boosted it to supposedly 15Mbps.

      Just released? Check.
      Popular? It has just appeared on slashdot.. so Check.

      Results: 1.6MB/s peek so far

      So not only isnt my ISP traffic shaping (I pretty much knew that already) but they are quite obviously giving me at least 15Mbps.

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    5. Re:Please read the fine print by samkass · · Score: 3, Informative

      So you want me to (1) buy a new Xbox 360 (2) pay for a month of XBL gold [i previously owned a 360] just to *not* be called a pirate for downloading an otherwise *free* movie? Howboutno.

      No, just go buy it from their site and download it in MP4 or MKV format.

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    6. Re:Please read the fine print by Bengie · · Score: 3

      Uploading your content to the public and placing a piracy warning is like handing a stranger a $20 bill, telling them it is not their money, then walking away. There is an inference that happens even if you told them it's not your money to spend.

    7. Re:Please read the fine print by X0563511 · · Score: 3

      You mean just like all those "making of" documentaries that ship with movies these days?

      Yea, totally full of themselves. There's no reason anyone would be interested. Yep.

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  2. Mixed Message from the Creators by kju · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The creators should really decide what they feel. Because in the explanation on piratebay they show understanding if people won't buy before trying etc. but people should consider buying.

    But then they use a file name containing "(pirate)" and also put at least one text scroller in the movie "Decided to pirate our movie, eh?"

    No, i did not decide to pirate your movie. I downloaded it because you offered it for free download. I'm not a fan of Minecraft but if I like what I see I might have considered buying the movie.

    But being insulted as a pirate when I just took their offer? This will surely not help positively with my decision if I shall give them money.

    1. Re:Mixed Message from the Creators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      But being insulted as a pirate when I just took their offer? This will surely not help positively with my decision if I shall give them money.

      Exactly. I have bought Minecraft and have since introduced it to 2 other friends who have also bought it. I saw the title so I followed the link to download the torrent, thinking that even though I don't even know what the movie is about, I have a fast connection and can help them speed up the torrent. And then I followed the websites provided in the TPB message to see how I can pay for it.

      And then, I saw the "(pirate)" in the filename, and thought "WTF?", then I read the parent comment, and lost all interest in this movie. I stopped my download and deleted the file, and then closed the other tab linking to the sites selling the movie.

      Good job, Notch, you successfully stopped me from "pirating" the movie, by totally removing any interest I have in it. Now I wouldn't want to spend any time to watch it even if a DVD were delivered to my doorstep for free.

    2. Re:Mixed Message from the Creators by Rockoon · · Score: 4, Informative

      Good job, Notch, you successfully stopped me from "pirating" the movie

      Notch didnt make the movie, nor is Notch distributing the movie, and in all likelihood Notch doesnt even endorse the movie.

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  3. Not even worth it. by Jetra · · Score: 2

    I don't think I want to pay for it or even want to pirate it. It feels like some Direct-to-Video movie, only so much crappier. I don't even want to give it a try.

  4. Re:Blocked... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:41b2fd2403eba5a1dc23743fb08a15f968acc1b5&dn=Minecraft%3A+The+Story+of+Mojang&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80

    Greetings Pirate Bay!

    This is 2 Player Productions here, and we hoped we could be the first to upload our new movie "Minecraft: The Story of Mojang". We've never uploaded a torrent before so hopefully this isn't all screwed up.

    We wanted to come here first because we knew the movie would end up here eventually, and the best thing to do seemed to be opening a dialogue. Torrents and piracy are a way of life and it probably won't be going anywhere anytime soon. There are many people that want to punish you for that, but we have a more realistic outlook on things.

    We've been there. We've all needed to do it at some point. Maybe you don't have the money. Maybe you want to try before you buy. Maybe you're pissed at us for premiering the movie on Xbox Live. These are all fine reasons. But if you feel that piracy is, in Gabe Newell's words, "a service problem," please consider that we are selling DRM free digital downloads that you can watch in whatever manner you please.

    We're just three guys trying to make a living doing what we love. We love the world of video games, and we love making it real. If you buy the movie, you support those efforts. The reason we Kickstarted this movie in the first place was that we didn't have enough money to make it ourselves, and even then, we still put A LOT of our own money into it. Not to mention nearly two years of work.

    Watch the movie. Hopefully you'll like it, and understand what we're trying to do. Please consider supporting us by buying the $8 DRM-free digital download of the movie at www.theminecraftmovie.com, or the $20 DVD from www.fangamer.net.

    We've worked with a lot of amazing people in the games industry and had the incredible fortune to make some great films the way we wanted to make them. Please consider helping us continue on this path. The best has yet to come.

    -2pp

  5. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i bet they didn't clear this with the xbox execs first... they're gonna be pissed.

    and with the pirate bay copy calling everyone a pirate... now i want to pirate the xbox version just for the fuck of it.

    and still not watch it.

  6. Re:Actually I can't download it by kramerd · · Score: 2

    You can buy the digital download or the dvd. See the giant paragraph on TPB download page.

  7. Re:Eight dollars? by RedHat+Rocky · · Score: 2

    Really? $3 more seems "way too much"?

    I could find $3 in pennies easily, it's just not much these days.

    I agree with the donation idea, putting it on Pirate Bay like they did with their attitude is certainly annoying.

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  8. You can "buy" the documentary here by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want to give the creators (2 Player Productions) money for their creation, you can do it here: http://www.theminecraftmovie.com/

    The summary could at least have mentioned that.

  9. Re:Eight dollars? by Bengie · · Score: 2

    What "attitude"? You mean the one where they say (paraphrased) "This will get pirated at some point anyway, so here's out movie for free. If you like it, please purchase out DRM-free version with extras".

  10. Re:Blocked... by jones_supa · · Score: 2

    And just to clarify, that's the description of the torrent in TPB. At first it looked like 2 Player Productions was writing to Slashdot. :)