Sealand

[deathboy]

The Pirate Bay plans to buy Sealand

That seems ill-informed.

I'm quite certain that I read that in previous legal trials in the US (at least), pirate-radio ships claiming Sealand as their nationality were impounded / people arrested when sitting outside the US, trying to claim that they had no agreement with the US not to broadcast shit onto their shores.

I believe the US court decided that Sealand, for all its claims was in fact just a part of the UK and as such were breaking international agreements, thus arresting those involved.

I'm pretty certain that the casino people who bought it last were quite furious to discover that this was the case, and that for all intents and purposes they'd shelled out to have an exotic-sounding hosting company that might as well have been positioned in the centre of Kent for all the law cared about its supposed sovereignity / legal immunity.

If I were less busy I would find sources to back up my hearsay, but for now, I shall simply state that this is the opinion of the King of the sovereign nation of My Pants, which seceeded from the UK some time around 1995 and have been broadcasting pirate "material" to the UK ever since. The gang controlled areas have become known as "free-fire" zones. Police will not enter. There Is No Law.

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[yaruar.livejournal.com]

Personally i think they are planning to build up £65,000,000 in donations and then laugh at all the leachers whilst sunning their pasty geek torsos on a Brazilian beach with all the paid for virtual girlfriends they can muster.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

it does reek of that a bit, doesn't it?

I used to like 'em, but how this pans out might affect that quite heavily.