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Pirate Bay to Purchase Sealand?
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."
Just expect US intervention and maybe invasion of the island. It will not be the first time US goverment applies sanctions against those who don't respct corporations copyrights. After all US are the kings of the world.
It's time to realise that Abble's products are the biggest abomination these days. Just say NO to the dumb iAbble way!!
Why of course, someone who can't even spell guerrillas is bound to know all about international legislation with regard to small nations operating legally at odds with the countries around them! Thanks for the tip!
Just forget it; when I posted my comment I had forgotten that Slashdot is a huge experiment in hive thinking. The queens have arrived with their "copyright infringment is not theft" arguments, which serves no other purpose in the discussion than to whore for some karma and justify their own leeching. The worker bees are busy modding.