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Oh, really?

How... How does this work, then?

I have a contact at Bahnhof. There is Enigma, an important hub...

Wait a minute. Bahnhof?

Is the business operated from the internet providers?

I don't think Bahnhof is aware, or is even allowed to be aware—

–on what is in their server halls.

But I can get the log files and send them via chat.

I need access to the server in order to verify the files.

–It won't work. –100,000 is a lot of money.

Yes, but I need it to go underground if this gets out.

We always take care of our informants.

No one must find out that we've had this conversation.

There's so much you don't know.

If we start stirring things up in the group, we could both end up in big trouble.

The scene doesn't like Pirate Bay, right?

But you think they like the Anti-Piracy Bureau?

But sure, arrange 100,000 and I'll take care of it.

Wait a moment.

No, they are just children. Three guys from Sweden.

I just saw the numbers – unbelievable.

Thanks, brother. Goodbye.

"Around 22:00 to 03:00, the internet traffic around the world decreased significantly"

–"likely linked to technical problems associated with Pirate Bay."

Do you get it? Pirate Bay is the internet.

It's him.

–How are you, Oded? –Hi, Anakata.

–Tiamo is here as well. –I don't see you.

It isn't meant to be either.

Congratulations! You're sitting on a goldmine.

But if I understand correctly you're not making any money yet.

Frankly, our current situation is unsustainable.

We rely on donations from the Pirate Bureau, as well as money from our own pockets.

Given the rate at which the number of users is increasing—

–it's not sustainable in the long run.

I understand. How much does it usually cost to run a site like this?

$10,000 a month? $20,000? You don't receive such amounts in donations.

But if you sold ads on the site, the situation would be the opposite.

Then you have control. With advertisers, you can be as revolutionary as you want.

Only the user base continues to grow–

–and the advertisers get their clicks and their money. How does that sound?

Consider our reputation. What will our supporters say if we make money?

It's not free to distribute free information.

This gives us the opportunity to grow bigger.

Isn't that what you want, Minister of Propaganda?

– Do you trust Daniel? What's the deal? – Fifty-fifty.

Kebab without red onions, extra sauce. And Coke.

It doesn't cost that much to sell advertising. We are the ones who built everything.

– It feels a bit off. – You could also try being grateful.

It must never appear as if we are making private money.

– Everything's going well with the operations? – Yes. – Kebab plate with fries.

– Next. What will you have? – Falafel wrap without sauce.

What?

– So Enigma is Pirate Bay's server? – No, not just.

They and other sites use the server for film distribution.

Now we have a good entry point, and we have worked with informants before.

"–So what's the problem? –100,000."

It's nothing compared to what our customers lose.

If we can prove that a server with copyrighted material–

-stands with an internet provider, it’s the world's chance to make a difference.

How are we even supposed to pay out such amounts? Are you going to ask for a receipt?

We can get results without those kinds of guys. Do you even know who he is?

Our mission is to stop piracy, but everywhere our opportunities are being choked.

How many meetings have we not sat in? They show no interest!

Now a door opens into the heart of the pirate scene – inside Bahnhof.

One of the largest internet providers. What?

I'm sorry, Henrik. It's too big of a risk.

– We're looking into it. – How? How are you looking into it?

– That we are looking at it. – Rather that you are looking away from it.

Should it be free to download copyrighted material? Stefan?

Sweden is turning into a pirate paradise.

We have other crimes to focus on. Corporate crime, child pornography.

Downloading is not prioritized.

I understand you have a lot to do, but a crime is a crime.

I AM the department. I'm the only one working on cases like this.

If you want to start an investigation—

–your report should be accompanied by a thorough investigation.

Very complicated if I have to do both your job and mine.

/MONIQUE SIGHS/

Hi. I'm on my way back now. Can we gather everyone?

Damn, it looks so professional.

Carl also thinks it looks fantastic.

...a violation of copyright...

Fuck, they don't get it!

The idiots at the MPAA are sending their damn Hollywood lawyers after us again!

MPAA – Motion Picture of Anakata's Ass.

Can you just... Now, damn it.

"Dear recipient. I want to inform you that all further contact with us, regardless of"...

Now you're standing very close. …"regardless of procedure will lead to:"

A: a complaint for harassment.

B: a complaint with your bar association for sending baseless threats.

"We and our lawyer consider you to be a bunch of damn idiots and that you should"...

–Hey, John. –"We think you're a bunch of fucking idiots"...

"...and that you should shove batons up your ass. Go to hell."

Always so polite. "Anakata." What the hell is going on? Have you talked to the police yet?

Yes, but unfortunately, piracy is not something the IT crimes department prioritizes.

It's your job to make them prioritize it!

The thing is that we have to do the investigation for the police.

Great. Can you arrange that?

– Hi. Monique Wadsted. – Robert.

– David. – Welcome. Come with me.

Anakata and Tiamo are the aliases we can connect to the website—

–but there may be more.

We can ping the server's IP address to the Stockholm region.

This is as close as we get. They are extremely cautious.

Of course. They are aware that they are doing something illegal. How do we proceed?

Classical surveillance work. Identify data centers that can handle the traffic–

–and want the sites as clients. These kinds of cases are not new to us.

– Sooner or later, we will find them. – Preferably sooner.

The site must stand on its own. We cannot be dependent on Piratbyrån.

But do you want to be dependent on the market through advertisements?

– It ends with someone benefiting. – But all the money goes to the operation.

The Pirate Bay is the world's most used distribution form for information.

30% of the world's internet traffic.

We could build an entire ecosystem around Pirate Bay–

–with communication tools and meeting places.

We could become the great equalizer in society.

It's really good, but maybe not at any price.

–What do you mean...? –Have you talked to Mikaela?

The site isn't illegal, therefore the advertising isn't either.

No, but I think like this...

You don't want it to look like you're making money off it.

–Hey! –Master chef! Thank you.

–You can double-check with Mikaela. –Yes, okay.

Hey!

We have a free film festival where we show downloaded movies.

– Great fun! – And we can also find new members.

Annoying for the industry. A finger in Pontén's eye.

I'm in.

–Okay. So, you're in now? –Yes, I told you so.

Can start by searching for movie files.

Oh, damn!

–That's quite a lot, huh? –Yes, you could say that.

Take that file. See if it's on Pirate Bay too.

Mm.

It's just ONE server, and it contains copyrighted material.

But the raid needs to be executed the day after tomorrow, so secure the staff.

I checked with Softronic. They have a couple of guys you need to bring in externally.

Oh? Then I need the court decision on the infringement investigation.

Of course.

The suspicion concerns unauthorized distribution of a film.

– How do you know Bahnhof is aware? – We apply the third-party principle:

Search of premises of a third party who may not be aware of the crime.

The infringement investigation is carried out by the Enforcement Authority...

I have discussed with Lars-Owe. The only thing needed is an okay from you.

I'll see what I can do.

–Have you heard anything? –Nothing.

–I see. See you tomorrow. –Sleep well.

/PHONE RING/

–Pontén. –Tomas Norström here.

–I've gone through everything. –Okay.

You will get your permit. You will have it with you tomorrow morning.

Did we get it?

We'll just have to solve it...

Lars-Owe Kjellquist, Swedish Enforcement Authority.

Everyone should stop working and turn their keyboards upside down.

– The Enforcement Authority. Who are you? – Jon Karlung, CEO.

We need access to the server room.

This way.

You're welcome.

Micke. Go in there and make sure they don't open anything.

Hi, Ann. Jon Karlung, Bahnhof.

I'm wondering if you have the possibility to come down to us.

There are some things happening here that might be of interest to you guys at DN.

[PHONE SIGNAL]

– Lars-Owe. – Pontén. How's it going?

–No servers yet, so it takes time. –Okay.

But you know what you're looking for, right? The server should be clearly marked.

Yes, I'll get in touch when... Bye.

Ann, Dagens Nyheter. Why is the Enforcement Authority conducting a raid?

We have found something.

Look.

Can you stop taking pictures?

It's connected to their network. Should I disconnect it?

Yes.

– The police IT department. – Henrik Pontén, Anti-Piracy Bureau.

I want to report an ongoing crime.

–What type of crime? –Against the copyright law.

–How long do you think? –Hard to say.

It's quite solid encryption.

–Back up a little. –Absolutely.

Police.

Police.

We will confiscate the server.

This is an ongoing investigation. Why are the police here?

This is now a police matter. An ongoing violation of copyright law.

Stop it!

–Get out of my office. –Talk to the police if you have questions.

You're not a cop. Get out of my office!

Talk to you later, Jon. Bye, thanks.

/ELDKVARN: "THE TONGUE OF LOVE"/

–Hello? –Hi!

Wow! It went well, I see.

–Yeah, it went well. –Cool!

Damn muppet!

The world's largest network for illegal downloading.

We cannot tolerate them encouraging people to steal.

You read the whole article, right? The part where Pontén complains about:

You don't need 10 Mbit for email. It's meant for downloading movies.

Fucking idiot. Imagine raiding Bahnhof.

–That will never happen to us. –How the hell do you know that?

Pontén, MPAA... They are obsessed with us.

That's why we're going to build a freaking fort!

A safe space where all websites are welcome.

We are going to move our servers from Carl.

– What about, here? – Here. Pirate Bay too.

We should have done it from the start. We need to have our own hosting.

With complete anonymity for all our customers. That's what the money is for.

– We'll be called PRQ. – PRQ?

Parakeet. Budgie in Spanish.

Small, colorful, beautiful. They mainly live in smaller flocks.

They want to be free.

–Okay. And Peter, then? –No, we're doing this.

This is our thing.

Okay. PRQ. Cool!

"The Anti-Piracy Bureau is outstanding"–

–“and has cracked down hard on piracy across all of Europe.”

It's a press release from the MPAA.

–And then SVT Debate tomorrow. –Finally.

–Afraid? –Yes.

Look. It's time now.

Welcome to the press conference–

– due to the raid on the internet provider Bahnhof.

I hand over to Henrik Pontén who will give a brief account.

–After that, we can answer questions. –Thank you.

On March 10, the police, in collaboration with the Enforcement Authority –

–following a verdict based on details from the Anti-Piracy Bureau–

–a search at the internet provider Bahnhof.

The goal was to find the server called Enigma–

–which contains copyrighted material.

The server has now undergone a digital forensic analysis–

–which determined that the server contained 1,800 films–

–5,000 software programs and 450,000 audio files.

A significant blow to the pirate scene, and a great day for those of us who think–

–that artists, authors, directors should be paid for their works.

– Questions? – Hi. Caroline Olsson, Aftonbladet.

How do you respond to the accusations from Jon Karlung, CEO of Bahnhof—

–that you have hired an infiltrator who has planted evidence at Bahnhof?

First of all, we used informant, not infiltrator.

Secondly, no evidence has been planted.

We received information that the server existed, and we struck against it.

Jon Karlung says that the infiltrator, who calls himself Rouge—

–is said to have received 200,000 kronor from you–

–and personally set up the server and uploaded 68,111 files.

That's not correct.

We got... We got information from very reliable sources.

Jon claims that he has evidence in the form of log files and chat messages–

–between the infiltrator and a network technician at Bahnhof–

–and that you bought hard drives for the infiltrator worth 20,000.

-Jon has himself reported the Anti-Piracy Bureau. -Then I'd like to see the evidence.

No irregularities have occurred in this case.

I have seen the evidence. It seems that Jon's information is correct.

We have worked with an informant called Rouge. That's no secret.

What dealings have you had with Rouge? What has he done?

–That's not true, is it? –Of course not.

Not even the money?

–Henrik? –Yes, I paid him.

But what the hell!

This is what we do all the time. They give us information in exchange for money.

You do understand how this looks, right?

It's part of the game.

I'm sorry, but... We'll figure it out.

– How many days, after the opening weekend? – We got two.

Cam versions are not so bad. Screener leaks are worse.

Insiders! Do you know what it costs to background check 5,000 employees?

We need to find them. We've kicked out over a dozen.

– Not great for work morale. – Hi, we're here to meet John Malcolm.

–What are your names? –Stuart, Warner Bros. Alan, Paramount.

Do you still have your job, Rob? - He is from Columbia.

Many of those who download don't see it as a crime.

So an awareness campaign would be good, in their own territory.

Banners on popular sites like Tumblr, Yahoo, and that new one – Facebook.

–Is it the one with the pictures? –Yes.

Should we buy online ads to prevent downloading movies from the internet?

How small are they? Can you even see them?

We make movies. I don't want to be smug, but we run Hollywood's largest film company.

We need to make them stop and take notice. We could use Brad Pitt, Clooney, Roberts?

Banners... It's not even our target audience. Moviegoers are on average 25–45 years old.

– That's not entirely true... – Scott.

Excuse me.

DVD revenues decrease from 15.7 billion to 11 billion in one year.

–It has never happened before. –But our regional manager in Asia...

Listen. We're losing billions every month and you're suggesting small ads.

We need to shut down the site.

I agree. But we need to approach the problem from multiple angles.

Our lawyer works closely with the authorities.

They are looking for those responsible, and shutting down the site is the top priority.

Okay. That was all we needed to hear. Get it done.

– Are we done? – Shut it down.

We already have 22 customers. We must turn down new ones.

It's absolutely unbelievable!

It will become bigger. We are expanding the server park.

–Please have a seat. –Thank you.

Kavkaz Center. Hasn't Putin tried to silence them?

Yeah, he hates them. He forced a web host in Lithuania to shut down–

-so now we are hosting them.

–What if they go after you. –They can try.

But we are completely anonymous. The project is meant to be a safe, anonymous place.

A refuge for pages that face pressure.

We don't interfere with what is on their pages.

Freedom can be ugly and move on the fringes of society–

–but freedom is always better than the alternative.

Yes, maybe.

Hey, Henrik. Welcome to Gothenburg.

Hey, Jens.

- You've been subjected to death threats. - Yes.

How does it feel?

It's not something one wishes for. The tone in the debate is heated right now.

You have used an infiltrator...

Yes, informant. It is one of several working methods.

There are extremely closed groups—

–whose goal is to find early copies and spread them on the internet.

They are not run-of-the-mill pirates.

Jens Nylander, CEO of Jens of Sweden.

You sell MP3 players, which one can download music to from the internet.

Today, you reported Pontén.

It is Pontén who bears the responsibility for an escalated tone–

–by using Stasi methods and terror.

– Wait a minute here... – We'll take one at a time.

I have reported to the Enforcement Authority–

–who carried out the raid that Pontén is behind.

There is probably misconduct involved, as he knows a disturbingly large amount about the raid.

During the raid, the police came and pointed. "We're going to have servers here."

They were marked with stickers. How fitting!

What are you saying, Henrik?

We received knowledge that the company had copyright-protected material.

We obtained an enforcement order from the district court and then used the Bailiff's Office.

They usually say that piracy has become a popular movement.

–Do you think it can be stopped? –Yes.

Jens: It can't be stopped! We're talking about young people.

Take three deep breaths and lower your shoulders, Henrik Pontén.

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR

A PURSE

OR A TV

DOWNLOADING PIRATED MOVIE IS THEFT

PIRACY IS A CRIME

/CROWD BOOING/

Hello, comrades! /APPLAUSE/

Yes! This commercial is dedicated to you. That is the power that you have.

By opposing outdated legislation—

–that exist to feed the big corporations, Hollywood is now scared shitless of you.

Welcome to Pirate Cinema, everyone.

A cozy neighborhood cinema, but also a joint action–

–to show Hollywood and their lackeys at the Anti-Piracy Bureau...

Hello! You...

What gives you the right to decide about my work and my livelihood?

It is impossible to understand what you are referring to...

You are talking about Hollywood. Do I look like Hollywood?

It took me nine years of my life to finish a film–

–which shows up on your site in a lousy copy after just a few days.

–Woman in the audience: Go home! –Listen to me.

The consequence of your actions has a direct impact on my life.

My ability to support myself with my job, with my passion.

– You are stealing from me! – We hear you, absolutely.

But theft is taking something from someone else so that they don't have it anymore.

Exactly. Your film isn't stolen, it's copied. Your film is still there.

This whole argumentation is completely dishonest.

–You all know that here. –I don’t agree with you.

- Enjoy the show! - Stay behind, so we can discuss it.

No? You want to go? Okay.

– Excuse me? What do you mean by dishonest? – What do I mean?

That's the way society looks. We learn by copying others.

We read books, we copy thoughts and ideas. That's how it has always been.

Books that someone has written, poured their soul into to put food on the table.

Absolutely. But if people want, they can still pay to see your movie...

–because they thought it was good or want to support you.

Culture cannot be limited only to those with resources.

I agree with that, but I wasn't the only one who worked on the film.

There are many others who have done things and need to make a living from their work.

Yes, but then companies need to adapt to how people want to consume today.

We also want to help promote and market your works–

–so that they reach a larger audience than you otherwise would have had.

No matter how you twist and turn it, you're stealing from me.

Civil disobedience has always been a method for social change.

Who the hell do you think you are? Martin Luther King?

All of you are just here to watch a free movie – that's it!

Why am I even talking to you? Fuck!

/POUNDING SOUND/

Hell!

–Fucking idiot! –What's happening?

Oh. Are you okay, or?

–What the hell has happened? –Eggs.

Our site has been hacked.

–”AUH”? –Angry Young Hackers, apparently.

Well... They have also revealed Rogue's identity.

Invalid subscriber number.

/MOBILE PHONE VIBRATES/

/CELL PHONE VIBRATES/

/PHONE RINGING/ Hello?

Dad.

What is it?

Has something happened? What?

They said I should watch out.

– Did you recognize the voice? – No.

Well... It has happened before.

–That someone has called like this? –Mm.

–That's great that you're sharing. Really good. –Truly. That's really good, Markus.

But it's no problem.

No, but of course it's very unpleasant.

So now you have your own hosting here, right?

Web hosting, virtual servers, tunnels...

–But Pirate Bay, we still think... –Pirate Bay is already here.

– What? – Yes. Here we have total anonymity.

The Lithuanian police raided a web hosting service.

Overtaken by Lithuania... It was nothing. Keep going.

They seized a computer–

–where they tracked that someone has transferred the site Kavkaz Center–

–to one of the people behind The Pirate Bay – Anakata.

Kavkaz Center is hosted by a web hosting company called PRQ.

We believe that Anakata runs PRQ, and that PRQ hosts The Pirate Bay.

Good.

–Shouldn't we talk about stuff like that beforehand? –This is the best thing for the site.

Would you rather have stayed with Carl and ended up like Bahnhof?

Pontén's failure motivates him even more. Here we have secure, anonymous hosting.

- What other sites do you have here, then? - You don't need to know that!

Unfortunately, we don't know where the servers are located, since PRQ only has a postbox.

But we have been monitoring it.

And we suspect that this is Anakata.

Translation: Rickard Sjöberg Swedish Media Text for SVT

Subtitles: Rickard Sjöberg Swedish Mediatext for SVT