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Pirate Parties Plan To Shoot Site Into Orbit

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-torrent dept.

palmerj3 writes "It is almost four years ago that The Pirate Bay announced they wanted to buy the micronation of Sealand, so they could host their site without having to bother about copyright law — an ambitious plan that turned out to be unaffordable. This week, Pirate Parties worldwide started brainstorming about a similarly ambitious plan. Instead of founding their own nation, they want to shoot a torrent site into orbit."

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  1. Great idea! by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Pirate Party,

    Thank you for donating targets to us. We've been meaning to test our Space Object Destruction Laser®, but haven't found any suitable object to target. Because of your charity, we can now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operation system.

    Sincerely,

    The United States of America

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    1. Re:Great idea! by snowraver1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wait... are you saying that there are SPACE PIRATES!?!?!?!

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    2. Re:Great idea! by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You assumed I was married before you assumed I could be a bad cook?

    3. Re:Great idea! by TheCRAIGGERS · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or wives....WE have grlfrnds.

      Is that who stole your vowels?

    4. Re:Great idea! by lgw · · Score: 3, Funny

      Al Queda? I just assumed the rape charges agaist the Wikileaks guy had taken a bizarre turn ...

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    5. Re:Great idea! by mcneely.mike · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh Vanna... why do you forsake me?

      (weeping)

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  2. Destroying copyright from orbit by MRe_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the only way to be sure...

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  3. Fuck yes! by Zeek40 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Space Pirates!

    1. Re:Fuck yes! by slick7 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Space Pirates!

      Space Pirates in Arrrrbit. It had to be said.

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  4. And when the orbit decays by LSD-OBS · · Score: 2, Funny

    get ready for one hell of a server crash

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  5. Its weird... by orphiuchus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somehow I feel way less sympathy for these guys now that I can afford to just buy the games I want... weird.

  6. Simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just park it right next to (or better still, in front of) one of HBO's satellites.

    The US govt wouldn't risk upsetting one of their investors.

  7. Re:Uhhhhh. by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe an informal network of ad-hoc uplinks could help diversify that risk.

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  8. Re:Uhhhhh. by smitty97 · · Score: 3, Funny

    what's the country code for space?

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  9. Re:Uhhhhh. by ian_from_brisbane · · Score: 5, Funny

    what's the country code for space?

    %20