Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay is the global icon for illegal downloading. Originally, the creators wanted to allow the free dissemination of information, but the site quickly became a directory of links allowing peer-to-peer viewing of movies, series, music or video games. As you can imagine, The Pirate Bay quickly became the target of the judiciary and rights holders determined to bring down these pirates from Sweden.
“It’s a classic tale of rise and fall, that tragic idea of flying too close to the sun, but also a timeless tale of generational conflict. says Piotr Marcimiak to Variety.
Anna Schmidt, who manages European co-productions and German productions for Dynamic Television, explains that the story of The Pirate Bay’s founders is that of three brilliant people who opened Pandora’s box and “started a global digital and political revolution with impact can still be felt today. It has to be said that the story of The Pirate Bay and its founders is as gripping as it is full of twists and turns. From the launch of the site to the courts convicting the three men of repeatedly blocking the site in many countries, there is much work to be done.