Steal This Film II

Your Name Patrick Bratton Class time:Online
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Name of Movie: Steal this Film
Year: 2006
Producers: The Pirate Bay

Who is the Pirate Bay? What do they stand for? What is their mission?


1. Name, and define, 3 significant people interviewed in the movie (Knowledge):
a. Fredrik Neij
b. Gottfrid Svartholm
c. Peter Sunde (all three contributed to the creations of the Pirate Bay


2. What are the main ideas being discussed within this movie? (Comprehension)

What is being discussed in this movie is the illegal activity of pirating movies, movies…etc... Online and how the Pirate Bay members believe in freedom of speech and feel that online piracy is no different from people putting copyrighted materials on Google.

3. What is BitTorrent? Explain what it does and how this technologic advancement had changed society. (Comprehension)

BitTorrent is a P2P application. Peer-to-peer applications allow people to upload a file and share it among the community. This is a technologic advancement in society because people can download files for free online as long as their available, meaning people are saving money but companies are losing money.

4. Based on the main point off this film (If you don’t understand read: http://stealthisfilm.com/Part2/). Where do you see connections to your experiences,and/or society at large– BE SPECIFIC (Application)?

Society at a large will never stop pirating music. On the site “http://stealthisfilm.com/Part2/” It sarcastically states “the 'battles' between old and new modes of distribution, between the pirate and the institution of copyright, seem to many of us already lost and won. We know who the victors are. Why then say any more?” That proves that as long as people who are in control of P2P software are not budding when the law interferes than neither are the so called pirates.




5. Analyze what you’ve watched. What is the future of distribution, production and creativity? Has society achieved its main goal in relation to Intellectually Property? (Analysis)

The future of distribution, production and creativity will continue. Just because people download music for free there will always be those who still pay for it as well as go to the movies which are expensive today. In my opinion industries as well as their artists, actors and their crews will continue to make money. People download music and movies to save money, the people who create the intellectual property are already rich so in my opinion, who cares if they are offended because at the end of the day they will continue to be rich.

6. Do you think that downloading is stealing someone’s Intellectual Property? Why or why not? (Analysis)?

No I do not. How often do you hear of musicians or actors rebel or set up campaigns against piracy? Not much, it is the big companies who pay the musicians that are making a big deal about it. If I were to pirate music and never once hear my favorite musician say, “don’t download you stealing MY music” Then I don’t consider it stealing. Musicians and actors have contracts so at the end of the day their going to get paid anyway. And P2P- means peer-to-peer, which is file sharing. Files are online being shared.


7. How will the issues of copyright and Intellectual property affect the world in 50 years? BE SPECIFIC (SYNTHESIS)

Putting a file on the Internet is like a virus, it can spread any, and everywhere. I don’t think that in 50 years piracy will be controlled. They can enforce all the laws they want but there will always be people who break them.

8. Do you agree with what is being said within movie? What shifts in your opinion on this topic have happened from watching this film? What new ideas have you created after watching and thinking about this film? (Evaluation)

I agree with the Pirate Bay, I don’t see how downloading music is any different from putting copyrighted material online through Google. I feel the Pirate Bay gives off the impression to be a revolutionary group that condones P2P sharing and I feel their doing a good job. Piracy will never go away.