Get ready to pirate the pirates – legally. DIY indie documentary The Pirate Bay – Away From Keyboard (aka TPB AFK) premiered Friday at the Berlin International Film Festival, and quickly became available for viewing via YouTube, paid digital download, and, naturally, the torrent-based file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.

Partially funded by Kickstarter, where director Simon Klose raised more than $50,000 for the film, TPB AFK documents the hectic trial of Pirate Bay administrators Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, and Peter Sunde, who were eventually convicted in a civil and criminal copyright case in Sweden in 2009 that pitted them against the government and the entertainment industry. The men were given jail sentences and millions of dollars in fines for their work with the torrent-based site.

True to the spirit of his subjects, Klose is offering his movie in almost every online format there is; you can pay to download the film, watch a YouTube stream, or (naturally) torrent it for free via the Pirate Bay. (There's also a DVD pre-order for those who want to keep it old-school.) The director is encouraging fans to share and remix his movie however they like, with a Creative Commons license.

"The cool thing is that you guys are going to be part of the premiere.… We're streaming the film online, for free. You can download it, you can share it, you can remix it – it's all up to you," Klose said in a video announcing the premiere on the movie's website. "I’m doing this because I believe, from a personal perspective, I want my films to be seen by as many people as possible, so my problem is that a normal copyright would become an obstacle between me and my audience."

As of this writing, the film's site reports that it's already processed some 2,000 paid downloads, bringing in a little over $22,000 (the base price is $10, but buyers can opt to donate more). TPB AFK will have its North American premiere at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in March.