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Pirate Bay to Purchase Sealand?

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-dodge dept.

paulraps writes "Notorious Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy its own nation in an attempt to get around troublesome international copyright laws. The organization, the world's largest bit torrent tracker, has set its sights on Sealand, a former British naval platform in the North Sea that has been designated a 'micronation' and claims to be outside UK jurisdiction. With a target price of £500m it won't be cheap, but Pirate Bay says contributors will become honorary citizens."

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  1. Arrr! by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pirates and the sea! Aye, this be a perfect match if ever there be one.

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    1. Re:Arrr! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      France doesn't do that anymore and people still consider it a country.

  2. Hmmm... by psykl0n3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    WOuldn't this be even more dangerous though? Now, MPAA and RIAA would actually be lobbying for military action against the Sealand nation... Imagine that, sorry our servers are down due to an air strike... Please donate to purchase more airplanes and subs.

  3. The National Anthem of Sealand by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 5, Funny

    We download, we copy, we share and loot
    No more DRM me hearties, yo ho
    We file swap and upload and don't give a hoot
    No more MPAA me hearties, yo ho

    Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

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  4. Re:Hmm . A bit slow thought. by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seaworld? Are they going to use TCP/IP over dolphin carrier?

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  5. Account number? by XSforMe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please donate to purchase more airplanes and subs.
    You mean we actually get to fire live ammo on the MPAA/RIAA lawyers? Can you repost the account number accepting these donations?

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  6. Re:Theres a problems with this. by AlphaLop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, What a great plan. That only leaves one question... Do you work for the government or the Mafia? Either way I think you have the right mindset..... And I like the way you think :)

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  7. TCP/IP Over Dolphon by maroberts · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they going to use TCP/IP over dolphin carrier?

    TCP/IP over Aquatic Mammal carriers, as it is more officially known, is simply an modification of
    RFC1149 (A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers).

    The above spec has been "embraced and extended" for Aquatic Mammal use; (much) larger packet sizes are supported, as well as a separate optional High Frequency Audio command channel, which is sometimes used for Relay transmission of packets, and the possibility of dynamic packet routing..

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  8. Re:problem... by drgonzo59 · · Score: 5, Funny
    who wants to spend their entire life on a floating platform simply to pirate movies and songs?


    You must be new here...

  9. Re:Screw the account number... by TheNinjaroach · · Score: 5, Funny

    That part's easy - just leave.

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