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Pirate Bay Documentary Film Now Available On TPB

Posted by timothy on from the seems-only-fair dept.

New submitter terbeaux writes "The documentary TPB AFK follows the creators of The Pirate Bay — Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm — through their technical and logistical trials of keeping TPB online as well as their court appearances in Sweden. After its premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, TechCrunch is reporting that TPB AFK is now available under a Creative Commons license for purchase, download on TPB, or viewing on YouTube. The budget for the film was raised on Kickstarter, where the makers achieved twice the funding goal in the allotted month-long funding campaign. The film already has 40,000 YouTube views, 19,000 torrent seeders, and over 2,000 paid downloads. There are public screenings happening world-wide."

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  1. Shamless self promotion... by Wescotte · · Score: 5, Informative

    I also have a feature film recently completed and to free download via TPB and stream via Youtube. It's a comedy/horror called The Amateur Monster Movie and is similar in style to Shaun of the Dead.

    We have a second film in post production right now to be released in Spring 2013 and a third in preproduction looking for a 2014 release. Most likely they will be released for free as well. You can find more info on our website. Hope you guys enjoy it.

  2. Re:look at the numbers by gerddie · · Score: 5, Informative

    here is how you pay the bills

    • Acquire funding through Kickstarted before you begin filming
    • free link: 40,000
    • free download that requires an ounce of thought: 19,000
    • pay for this crap: 2,000

    There, FTFY.

  3. Ways around TPB blocks by Kiwikwi · · Score: 5, Informative

    First method: Try a Pirate Bay proxy: http://thepiratebay.se/, http://malaysiabay.org/, many more

    Second method: Several ISPs use simple DNS blocking, so try Google Public DNS. (This doesn't apply to OP, but may help others.) On Windows, you can use the following command to see if it might work, without changing your DNS: nslookup thepiratebay.org 8.8.8.8 (the IP right now should be 194.71.107.50).

    Third method: Use Google Cache to find the magnet-link:

    1. Do a site:thepiratebay.se Google search for the torrent.
    2. Click the Preview (>>) arrow next to your result, and click the Cached link.
    3. Click "Text Only" version if the page fails to load.
    4. Finally, click the magnet link.

    If the "Cached" link is missing from the Google search result, click on the search result, then copy the URL (the real URL, not the Google redirect URL), prepend "http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:" to the URL. (example)