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Peter Sunde is a hacktivist and entrepreneur whose projects often explore questions of immaterial rights, copying and digital culture. He is best know as a co-founder and former spokesperson for [[The Pirate Bay]], one of the largest file sharing directories in the world. Sunde has been a contributor to the [[Piratbyrån]] (Swedish Pirate Bureau think tank) and supporter of the wider pirate-party and kopimi movements globally. He has more recently been involved in the founding of the social micro-payment tipping service Flattr, the digital receipt management service Kvittar and the Ipredator VPN. These engage with issues of democratically rewarding creativity in digital networks, reducing environmental waste and net neutrality respectively. Sunde is currently facing fines of millions in damages and time in prison as one of four connected to The Pirate Bay who were sentenced in a case brought against them by a number of large entertainment industry companies. Sunde travels regularly to speak and present his work at conferences, debates and lectures. He is of Finnish and Norwegian heritage and lives in [[Berlin]].
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'''Peter Sunde''' (alias brokep, 1978) is a hacktivist and entrepreneur whose projects often explore questions of immaterial rights, copying and digital culture. He is best know as a co-founder and former spokesperson for [[The Pirate Bay]], one of the largest file sharing directories in the world. Sunde has been a contributor to the [[Piratbyrån]] (Swedish Pirate Bureau think tank) and supporter of the wider pirate-party and kopimi movements globally. He has more recently been involved in the founding of the social micro-payment tipping service [https://flattr.com/ Flattr], the digital receipt management service [http://www.kvittar.com Kvittar], the [https://ipredator.se/ Ipredator VPN], and currently works on the privacy oriented domain name registrar [https://njal.la/ Njalla]. These engage with issues of democratically rewarding creativity in digital networks, reducing environmental waste and net neutrality respectively. Sunde travels regularly to speak and present his work at conferences, debates and lectures. He is of Finnish and Norwegian heritage and lives in [[Malmö]].  
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* [https://blog.brokep.com/ Personal blog]
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* [https://twitter.com/brokep Twitter]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde Wikipedia]

Latest revision as of 16:34, 21 March 2018

Peter Sunde (alias brokep, 1978) is a hacktivist and entrepreneur whose projects often explore questions of immaterial rights, copying and digital culture. He is best know as a co-founder and former spokesperson for The Pirate Bay, one of the largest file sharing directories in the world. Sunde has been a contributor to the Piratbyrån (Swedish Pirate Bureau think tank) and supporter of the wider pirate-party and kopimi movements globally. He has more recently been involved in the founding of the social micro-payment tipping service Flattr, the digital receipt management service Kvittar, the Ipredator VPN, and currently works on the privacy oriented domain name registrar Njalla. These engage with issues of democratically rewarding creativity in digital networks, reducing environmental waste and net neutrality respectively. Sunde travels regularly to speak and present his work at conferences, debates and lectures. He is of Finnish and Norwegian heritage and lives in Malmö.

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