First time accepted submitter Aaron B Lingwood writes “As reported by TorrentFreak, Viacom, Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate have all asked Google to take down links pointing to the Pirate Bay documentary ‘TPB-AFK.’ The film, created by Simon Klose, is available for no cost and has already been watched by millions of people. The public response to this free release model has been overwhelmingly positive, but it’s now meeting resistance from Hollywood, TPB’s arch rival. Pirate Party Australia opines ‘Hollywood is using takedown notices to censor Pirate Bay doco, is it incompetence or malice? Always hard to tell.’ Whichever the answer, the system is definitely broken.”

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