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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. It will be shot down soon enough by captainpanic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It would be a fantastic way for the USA, Russia, China and some other countries to test their satellite defense systems. Shooting down space pirates would make the test legitimate.

  2. Re:Fuck yes! by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Fry: "Space pirates?"
    Leela: "You know...pirates, but in space!"