Steal This Film
53 minutes /
Ages 13+ /
2006 /
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland /
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Documenting the steadfast movement against intellectual property.
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"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. This includes a critical analysis of the regulatory capture asserted by Hollywood film industry to leverage economic sanctions by the United States government on Sweden through the WTO to pressure Swedish police into conducting an illegal search and seizure for the purpose of disrupting a competitive distribution channel: The Pirate Bay tracker for P2P Internet filesharing with the BitTorrent protocol.
Ars Electronica -- Digital Communities Prize (Nominated)
Babelgum Film Festival -- Semi-Finalist (Nominated)
SXSW Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Singapore International Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Tampere International Short Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Salt Spring Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Rhythm of the Line Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Kerala International Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
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