In the early 2000s, online file sharing was a huge part of Internet culture. It was also a huge problem for media companies who viewed piracy as an existential threat to their revenues. As a result, they aggressively prosecuted file sharing services, forcing them to shutdown almost as quickly as they launched.

Unfortunately for the media companies, one file sharing service refused to shut down. That service was called The Pirate Bay. On this episode of Web Masters, we speak with one of its original founders, Peter Sunde.

Peter helped grow The Pirate Bay into the world's largest torrent search engine and one of the world's most visited websites. In the process, he was sued by nearly every major music, TV, movie, and software studio. He ultimately got sent to jail, and he owes the Swedish government more money than he'll ever make.

While you'd think that kind of outcome would be bad, Peter's actually not too upset about it. In fact, when you hear his story, you might even come away feeling a little jealous.

For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.