TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard Page #3

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I spilled beer in another.

And I fell on one

and smashed the screen.

-Do you have WIFI here?

-Yes, it's called "bambuser".

-Doesn't it work?

-Key... Bambuser...

-WTF!

-Stop shouting.

I have abstinence! I haven't

been on the internet all day.

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you have received an email-

-that you forwarded

to Gottfrid and Peter Sunde.

Why did you forward it?

I didn't. Every mail

that contains DMCA-

-is automatically forwarded

to Gottfrid and Peter.

I have a lot of abbreviations

in my filter.

-Who programmed the abbreviations?

-I did.

-Why?

-Because I got a lot of spam.

Why would you consider an email-

-called "Copyright Claim" as spam?

Spam are emails

that I haven't requested.

Fredrik Neij stated

that as soon as he got an email-

-from someone

representing copyright owners-

-it was forwarded to you

from his computer. Is that correct?

Since no one seems capable

to do what we've told them-

-i.e. contact the user

that uploaded the material-

-those complaints

have either been ignored-

-or been replied to

in more or less well-phrased ways.

Why was it sent to you?

I express myself well in writing,

as opposed to Fredrik.

But such a claim didn't result

in anything but scorn and ridicule?

The first 100 times it resulted in us

saying:
"Contact the uploader."

-And the following 100 times?

-Then we lost our patience.

The Company PRQ...

-Was it a web hotel?

-Yes, it had just been founded.

Is it correct that the prosecution

confiscated 195 servers-

-and that 11

belonged to the Pirate Bay?

This is outrageous.

This is a true injustice.

They're attacking a company that has

nothing to do with the Pirate Bay.

Simply because the co-founders were

involved with the Pirate Bay for fun.

Thanks to the raid

PRQ got a lot of attention.

Everybody knew that we never

give any information to the police.

Our customer database

was encrypted.

The police seized our servers, but

didn't get any customer information.

When the Pirate Bay

was shut down after the raid-

-you didn't have

any servers left, right?

You were back online after three days.

Where did you get the servers?

We leased servers from a company

called NFOrce in Holland.

It's a co-location company.

-How was that received?

-With standing ovations.

It's a pleasure to announce

that the Pirate Bay is back online!

In your face, Hollywood!

-Peter!

-Yes? I'll be there soon!

That's how you have treated me. I get

letters from your lawyers saying:

"Swedish law cannot protect you.

US law will get you".

You put private detectives on us.

I've had two outside my house.

-I know nothing about that.

-But it's your responsibility.

It could have been the film industry.

-No, it was the music industry.

-Ok.

TPB isn't interested

in music and movies.

TPB is a generic medium for

distribution of all types of files.

People shouldn't say that TPB only is about

spreading illegal movies and music.

Then your world is this small.

It's your loss.

Instead we could say

that file sharing is good.

Then we could focus on ways

to let artists make money.

-We think file sharing is good.

-Sure, but you sue everyone.

No. We don't want

to prosecute anyone.

We just want people in Sweden

to start respecting copyright laws.

What was the purpose of

the Pirate Bay in your opinion?

We never spoke about purposes.

If it was about reforming laws

or if it was about-

-hatred against some Americans.

I don't know their purpose.

But for Fredrik, and it was

Fredrik I was dealing with-

-the purpose was to make it

a big site. The biggest site in the world.

From my point of view I liked the

idea of the world's biggest site.

-How is the Pirate Bay financed?

-How the website is financed?

We have ads on the site

that generate money.

A guy called Lundstrm

helped you financially, didn't he?

Yes, we we're sponsored

by a company called Rix Telecom.

-What was his purpose?

-Free advertising for his company.

Carl Lundstrm is an interesting guy.

He's behind

many right-wing organizations.

Carl Lundstrm

has apparently given money to...

Answer the question!

Did he represent these organizations?

It really bugs me-

-that everybody looks at us

as right-wing extremists.

It makes me really hurt and angry.

My brother is a convicted anarchist.

He's been in court,

defending his opinions.

We've both been on

a neo-Nazi organization's hit list.

It feels strange to be accused of

founding that neo-Nazi organization.

It's really hard.

I can only stand behind

my own politics.

When you have some influence

and people listen to you-

-you should use that position

to do something good.

When did you become

the Pirate Bay's spokesperson?

Well, it's not an official title, but

a function that has been given to me.

Nobody wanted to do that part,

but it was important to communicate-

-that the Pirate Bay

was doing something important.

Since nobody else wanted to,

I started doing it.

What was Peter Sunde's role

during that time?

He showed up

when we needed a public face.

Since neither I nor Fredrik

are suited in furnished rooms.

So he had nothing

to do with running the site.

-Or any design?

-No.

-Funding?

-No.

It's AIM. You told me it was MSN.

What's the f***ing difference?

They're two different networks.

It's like IRCnet and EFnet.

-Come on!

-It was the Museum of Modern Art...

You're so loud!

You give me a headache.

-I'm half deaf, of course I shout.

-You're making me deaf.

He wants to spread his misery.

-Why can't you hear anything?

-Sex, drugs and industry!

Sex?

I've heard your sex stories.

How much does a banner cost?

You are asking me about

If you give me a day I can

probably find some examples.

But I can't give you

any exact figures.

Does $500 per week sound

like a reasonable amount?

That sounds about right.

It's within the right range at least.

Within the right range, you say.

Was there an agreement about how

the ad revenue was to be divided?

-I have no idea.

-You don't. Fine.

-I'm so f***ing tired.

-This will be your life for 5 years.

Are you Kafka or what?

It feels like "The Trial"

all over again.

I might wake up as Gregor Samsa

and can't go to work-

-because I've turned into a beetle.

When do you go back to Cambodia?

-As soon as this sh*t is over.

-Quiet. It's a secret.

What are your thoughts

in general about the case?

It will be nice when it's over.

Tomorrow it's just half the day.

And after the closing arguments

we're finished.

How much money

are they looking for?

They want around

But good luck finding that money.

I don't have that kind of money.

If they knew that our entire office

is a chat room on IRC-

-they wouldn't believe it.

And they don't because they've been

asking questions about companies.

Yeah, we tried to get organized,

but we failed every single time.

I don't think they can grasp the idea

of an organization without a boss.

People have no idea how small we are.

We're just a couple of guys in a chat room.

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